US president says he has signed a memorandum directing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose regulations to ban bump stocks, the controversial device
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Facing public wrath after the deadly school massacre in Florida, President Donald Trump has decided to consider banning bump stocks, a controversial device that turns semi-automatic rifles into machine guns that can fire hundreds of rounds a minute.
Trump on Tuesday said he signed a memorandum directing the Attorney General Jeff Sessions to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. "We can do more to protect our children," Trump said at a White House event, insisting school safety is now a top priority for his administration. "I expect that these critical regulations will be finalised, very soon," he said.
The move comes in the wake of the deadly shooting at a Florida school last week that killed 14 students and three teachers.
Situation near White House normal again
The US Secret Service eased tight security prompted by a suspicious vehicle on Wednesday, allowing White House staff to enter and leave the grounds and letting staff at the New Executive Office Building to return to work after an evacuation. The Secret Service had evacuated a government office building near the White House, closed down adjacent streets and cleared pedestrians from sidewalks in response to a suspicious vehicle in the area.
Mass shootings
June 15, 2016: An event at a nightclub in Orlando was nearing its end when a man started firing his automatic rifle. More than 300 people were inside the club at the time of the incident. More than 49 people were killed in the attack.
October 1, 2017: 58 people died after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,00 people at a music festival in Mandalay Bay hotel, Las Vegas. The incident had left more than 500 people injured. November 5, 2017: A month after the Las Vegas incident, a 26-year-old man killed 26 people at a First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
US schools receive copycat threats
Schools across the US have received copycat threats on social media as they remain on high alert after an expelled former student shot 17 people at a Florida high school, media reports said. Less than a week after the incident in Parkland Florida, there have been at least 20 reports of other incidents involving a threat to a school or a weapon on a school campus nationwide.
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