Trump just made his first move on gun control after the Florida shooting
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- President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to ban gun modifications such as bump stocks.
- The devices were used in last year's deadly massacre in Las Vegas, giving the gunman rapid-fire capabilities.
- The move to ban them comes just days after another mass shooting in Florida, though the suspected gunman did not use bump stocks.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has directed the Justice Department to ban devices that modify guns, such as the bump stocks used in last year's massacre in Las Vegas.
Last October, gunman Stephen Paddock mowed down a crowd of concert-goers from his hotel room, after affixing bump stocks to at least 12 of his semiautomatic firearms.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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