we re not just fighting cancer anymore. we re outsmarting it. the evolution of cancer care is here. martha: breaking tonight, moments ago, president trump weighing in on the big controlled the gun control debate on capitol hill. the president saying he would be looking into the proposed ban of what is called a bump stock. the nra and congress both say that they are open to discussing the ban of this gun attachment that allowed paddock to fire hundreds of bullets in minutes. how speaker paul ryan weighed in earlier today. i didn t even know what they were until this week, and i am an avid sportsman. so i think we are quickly coming up to speed with what this is. fully automatic weapons have been banned for a long time.
the attack in las vegas 22,000 under assault, 58 killed, hundreds more wounded. with that is there now new momentum on capitol hill in the aftermath? somewhat surprisingly you are hearing openness from republicans, some signaling they would consider a measure banning bump stocks and that is the device that las vegas killer used to convert semiautomatic rifles to mimic automatic guns and essentially help pull the trigger of the gun much, much faster. officials say at least a dozen of the 23 firearms were modified using bump stocks. that is legal to do. well, now, here s house speaker paul ryan this morning. look, i didn t know what they were until this week and i m an avid sportsman. i think we re quickly coming up to speed with what this is, fully automatic weapons have
the question though is what? saying you want to do something and actually doing something, so what is the current reality on capitol hill? it s more wanting to do something. and i think that s really important to note. again, a legislative push opens up a whole list of potential problems for republicans who are staunch second amendment supporters, when you look at technical details. how do you write legislative language. could you perhaps go too far, open the door to a less friendly administration to expand regulations. that is a real concern here. take a listen to house speaker paul ryan phrased how he believes things should happen going forward. i didn t know what a bump stock was until this week. a lot of us are coming up to speed, i m an avid sportsman, a lot coming up to speed with just what this is. having said that, fully automatic weapons have been outlawed for many, many years. this seems to be a way of going around that. so obviously we need to look at how we can tighte
john cornyn has said he wants to have hearings on bump stocks, open to a vote. are you open to vote on bump stocks? i didn t even know what they were until this week and i m an avid sportsman. i think we re quickly coming up to speed on what this is. fully banned automatics have been banned for a long time, so this is something we need to look into. hugh hewitt joins me now. hugh, you started talking about gun control. what was your real takeaway here? that the bump stock is doomed and it s going to be doomed very quickly. the speaker was very transparent and came out of the box and said, i didn t know what this was, and fully automatic weapons have been banned for a long time, so yes, he s open to the vote. if that vote happens, i can t
hugh, i have to start with you and the interview with paul ryan and you asked him about the conversation of gun rights an gun control on capitol hill, and i want to play a look at your first look at the interview with the speaker. john cornyn said that he wanted to have hearings on bump stocks. yeah, look, i didn t know what they were until this week and i m an avid sportsman and so we are quick ly coming up to speed with this. so to turn a semi au automatic fully automatic is something we have to look into. and no hemming or hawing, but b bump stocks are going to be illegal in the united states within the month or the end of the year depending on the procedure votes, but the speaker was close to join two in the senate and others who said that he didn t know they existed and they rare terrible. and i spoke with one democrat