US to study legality of bump stocks used in Las Vegas massacre
The US Justice Department announced Tuesday that it is reviewing the legality of "bump stocks," two months after a man shot down 58 concert-goers from a Las Vegas hotel window using the devices. The Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -- which regulates firearms but not gun accessories -- will determine whether the devices, which make a semi-automatic weapon perform like an automatic weapon, are illegal. "Possessing firearm parts that are used exclusively in converting a weapon into a machine gun is illegal, except for certain limited circumstances," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.