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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Jim Dalrymple II

      Note: DOJ has previously expressed skepticism about calls for it to do something about bump stocks in the absence of congressional action. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/us/politics/justice-department-bump-stocks-mass-shootings.html …https://twitter.com/Dalrymple/status/966055583106420738 …

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      0:40
      Jim Dalrymple IIVerified account @Dalrymple
      Here's Trump saying he ordered the AG to propose regulations banning devices (eg bump stocks) that turn legal weapons into machine guns pic.twitter.com/xSdkjn8Lqh
      5 replies 75 retweets 82 likes
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      Despite Trump's comment, there is no White House Press Office release sharing whatever Trump sent to Sessions. And DOJ has not yet responded to a request for more information.

      3 replies 41 retweets 54 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      As with Trump EOs, I'd wait until we see what's on paper before saying much about this.

      6 replies 15 retweets 49 likes
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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      As @gabrielmalor and @ssamcham have pointed out, this could be a case of moving on something that was already well on its way: https://twitter.com/ssamcham/status/966058634802335745 …pic.twitter.com/oP3sQCFFDz

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      Here's the legal talk, for the #lawdork crew —>pic.twitter.com/tQvcyiX50e

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      And, here's where things stood as of Feb. 1 (h/t @gabrielmalor) —>http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/bump-stocks-still-legal-while-atf-ponders-their-fate-10319311 …

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      DOJ responds —>pic.twitter.com/bpu1E2scrq

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

      Here is the Trump memo —> TRUMP: "Today, I am directing the Department of Justice ... to propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns."pic.twitter.com/xsvBgL07CI

      1:41 PM - 20 Feb 2018
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        1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Feb 20

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

          Here's our story summing all of this up —>https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/966083745710305280 …

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          Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
          Trump Has Asked AG Jeff Sessions To Come Up With Regulations Banning "Bump Stocks" https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/trump-has-asked-ag-jeff-sessions-to-come-up-with?utm_term=.vcoMyQPgx … w/ @salhernandez
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        2. Sasha Samberg-Champion‏ @ssamcham Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          FYI, here is the 2012 letter in which the ATF determined that bump stocks do not effectively create machine guns: https://kinzinger.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bump_fire_2012.jpg …

          2 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
        3. Sasha Samberg-Champion‏ @ssamcham Feb 20
          Replying to @ssamcham @chrisgeidner

          Presumably the ATF would have to change either its factual understanding of how bump stocks work or its legal understanding of what is a "machinegun" for purposes of federal law.

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        2. Doktor Zoom‏ @DoktorZoom Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Am I missing something, or is Trump's "banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns" actually not applicable to bump stocks? They result in a higher rate of fire than a semiauto rifle, but they don't actually change the internal firing action to fully automatic.

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        3. Doktor Zoom‏ @DoktorZoom Feb 20
          Replying to @DoktorZoom @chrisgeidner

          Is that just a president who doesn't have the best words, or is this deliberate flummery to avoid a real rule change?

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        1. james‏ @jamestnc4 Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          He didn’t tell the Justice Department to ban anything! He just keeps lying and lying!

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        1. Jeff Arner‏ @ArnJmrk Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          “Propose for notice and comment.” You mean an impotent bill that has all the teeth of a newborn baby, right?

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        1. Samuel Clemons‏ @sirnealsir Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner @blakehounshell

          Only four months after the NRA itself said there should be stringent federal regulation on bump stocks in wake of Vegas mass murder. So late

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        1. Jan McGlashen Brown‏ @DocJaniceL Feb 20
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          The time for half measures is over! The time for meaningless sops is over. We have taken notice, & we will #CrawlOverBrokenGlassToVoteInNovember

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