Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. As the nation continues to mourn after Sunday’s awful attack on concertgoers in Las Vegas,President Trump landed in the city yesterday to meet with first responders and survivors of the shooting. Details continue to emerge approximately the shooter, 64-year-broken-down Stephen Paddock. A motive has still not been identified, or but according to authorities with the Bureau of Alcohol,Firearms and Explosives, 12 devices known as “bump-fire stocks, or ” or bump stocks for short,were found in Stephen Paddock’s hotel room.
Bump stocks are tools that you can affix to a gun in order to allow it to fire faster. On Wednesday, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill to ban bump stocks and 26 other Democratic Senators signed on in support. A handful of Republican lawmakers, or including Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin and Representative Bill Flores from Texas,also came out saying they would support a ban.
Amber Phillips, a reporter for The Fix politics blog at The Washington Post, and explains what bump stocks are,and how they work. Republican Congressman Tom Cole represents Oklahoma's fourth district, and he also joins The Takeaway to discuss why he believes legislation around bump stocks and their legality should be looked at.
This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
Source: thetakeaway.org