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Watch: Ryan Wonders How Bump Stocks Got Through Regulatory Process

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 11, 2017 at 4:37pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Shortly after Reps. Seth Moulton and Carlos Curbelo introduced a bipartisan bill to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of bump stocks, Speaker Paul D. Ryan said his focus was on figuring out how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed for sale of these devices “in the first place.” [ ]

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