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Justice Department Bans Bump Stocks, Devices Used In Deadly Las Vegas Shooting

New regulations will bar the sale of the accessories that enable rifles to fire faster and require current owners to turn them in or destroy them.

The Trump administration is banning bump stocks, the firearm attachment that allows a semi-automatic weapon to shoot almost as fast as a machine gun.

The devices, also known as slide fires,

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