Bump stocks get hearing in Senate, dealt blow in House

WASHINGTON» More than two months after the Las Vegas shooting, the Senate Judiciary committee held a long-awaited hearing addressing the bump stock devices the shooter used to kill more than 50 people and injure hundreds more.

For the ATF to regulate bump stocks under current legislation, the devices would need to be classified as “machine guns.”

The bump stock debate has ground to a halt in the House, although some lawmakers are still applying pressure on their colleagues regarding measures introduced during the past two months to regulate or ban them.