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THE US government and the gun lobby mooted restrictions on purchase of the “bump stock” device used by the Las Vegas massacre gunman on Thursday – while dismissing calls for gun control as a bid to “politicise” the atrocity.
Stephen Paddock used an arsenal of 16 assault rifles, 12 of them equipped with the device, in his massacre of 58 people last Saturday night.
The bump stock uses recoil to bump the trigger into the shooter’s finger after each shot — effectively turning a semi-automatic rifle into an automatic one.
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
