Hearing comes a month after the us air force admitted a clerical error that allowed a former airman who shot 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, texas, to buy a gun despite a Domestic Violence conviction in 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing runs a little over three hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs. Those two places get all the attention but there is lesser number of people dying in other places as well. Today, with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans know what a bump stock was. Then, a shooter used bump stock to fire more than 1100 rounds into a crowd attending a Country Music concert. The shooting lasted only 10 minutes.
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Also on the calendar, this years state of the Union Address from President Trump before a joint session of congress. As always, you can watch the house live on cspan and see the senate on our companion network cspan 2. Next testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposed banning bump stock and similar devices. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee. She introduced the legislation. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by an evil man in las vegas and southern springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser number of people have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in t
Provider. Next, testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposes banning bump stocks and similar devices that enable guns to fire as fast as an automatic weapon. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee. She introduced the legislatio and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts of an evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser numbers of people who have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1st, 2017, few americans knew what a bump stock was. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1,100 rounds into a crowd attending a