President Trump on Tuesday directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to craft new regulations to ban firearm modifiers including the \u201cbump stock\u201d used in the Las Vegas massacre, amid bipartisan calls to strengthen gun laws in the wake of recent shooting rampages.<\/p>\n

During an event at the White House, the president announced he signed a memo ordering the regulations on \u201cbump stocks\u201d and told Sessions he wants new federal guidelines finalized \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memo, released by the White House on Tuesday, directs the DOJ to propose a rule \u201cbanning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump wrote in the memo, \u201cAlthough the Obama administration repeatedly concluded that particular bump stock type devices were lawful to purchase and possess, I sought further clarification of the law restricting fully automatic machineguns.\u201d<\/p>\n

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