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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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.
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As with Trump EOs, I'd wait until we see what's on paper before saying much about this.
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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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Here's the legal talk, for the
#lawdork crew —>pic.twitter.com/tQvcyiX50e
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And, here's where things stood as of Feb. 1 (h/t
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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
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Here's our story summing all of this up —>https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/966083745710305280 …
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