Trump didn't "push" for the ban, he was pressured by the BATF......
Wrong. He also pushed for far worse, but changed course after blowback. There is a video of him with some Senators promoting all sorts of gun control measures after the Vegas shooting. No need to lie about the facts, this isn’t a Democrat party discussion group.
“After the deadly mass murder in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2017, I asked my Administration to fully review how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulates bump fire stocks and similar devices. Although the Obama Administration repeatedly concluded that particular bump stock type devices were lawful to purchase and possess, I sought further clarification of the law restricting fully automatic machineguns.
Accordingly, following established legal protocols, the Department of Justice started the process of promulgating a Federal regulation interpreting the definition of “machinegun” under Federal law to clarify whether certain bump stock type devices should be illegal.
*** Today, I am directing the Department of Justice to dedicate all available resources to complete the review of the comments received, and, as expeditiously as possible, to propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns. ***
The left is great at revisionist history, don't start doing that on our side. Trump pushed for the ban even after it was pointed out that the ATF didn't have the power to do this by creating a regulation. Trump instructed the DoJ to create the ban after the shooting in Florida (even though a bump stock was not used in that shooting). His reasoning was that “We must do more to protect our children..."
“Trump didn’t “push” for the ban, he was pressured by the BATF.”
And probably his toddlers too.
So he caved to ATF.
I’m going to need to see an org chart.