has a lower caliber so it kicks less. you can you don t have the problem that they had carrying around the heavier weapons in vietnam, it s lighter, you can shoot more, you can kill more people. the pentagon and a lot of other people in studies found that actually the ar-15 was a far more lethal weapon than weapons that our soldiers used in vietnam and many people thought and were saying after vietnam, sort of an after-action report that one of the mistakes was that we didn t let them use ar-15 because they would have killed more vee yacht kahn. so you re one of the few people that suggestings it doesn t bear a remarkable resemblance to a weapon of war. you can go into that? look at the inside of the weapon and what it does and the rate of fire, that s what determines what the weapon can do. and so it s not about what it
reject a bill that would have banned ar-15s and weapons like them. at a medal of valor ceremony in the white house this afternoon, the president spoke about meeting with the families of those killed at parkland and announced new measures to curb the use of bump stocks. we cannot imagine the depth of their anguish, but we can pledge the strength of our resolve. and we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. just a few moments ago, i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turned legal weapons into machine guns. really important to point out here, the gunman in last week s florida shooting did not use a bump stock, and, remember, they are attachments to an ar-15 which use a spring loaded mechanism so they can speed up the rate of fire. they can turn a semiautomatic
that turned legal weapons into machine guns. really important to point out here, the gunman in last week s florida shooting did not use a bump stock, and, remember, they are attachments to an ar-15 which use a spring loaded mechanism so they can speed up the rate of fire. they can turn a semiautomatic single shot ar-15 into something that fires much more like a machine gun, a full automatic weapon. even the nra agreed last fall to restrictions on bump stocks, although they oppose a full ban. notably, again, bump stock not used in this florida incident. just this evening, president trump pivoted to another aspect of the gun control debate, writing on twitter, quote, whether we are republican or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks. the president will host what the white house has billed as a listening session with parents, students and teachers from that high school community tomorrow.
we cannot imagine the depths of their anguish, but we can pledge the strength of our resolve. and we must do more to protect our children. we have to do more to protect our children. just a few moments ago, i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. really important to point out here, the gunman in last week s florida shooting did not use a bump stock, and, remember, they are attachments to an ar-15 which use a spring-loaded mechanism so they can speed up the rate of fire. they can turn a semiautomatic single-shot ar-15 into something that fires much more like a machine gun, a full automatic weapon. even the nra agreed last fall to restrictions on bump stocks, although they oppose a full ban. notably, again, bump stock not used in this florida incident.
to not politicize, to not talk about it. and then a week or ten days pass and we re talking about something completely different. right, well, you were urged to do that about connecticut and florida. reasonable laws need to be passed, but allowing the bump stocks where you can virtually, the rifles can turn into a machine gun. it may not be the exact rate of fire that the gun would be originally designed as a machine gun, but it is pretty close. a distinction without a difference. and congress won t give a sentence on that. that s fundamentally a problem in america. and it won t fix every shooting. that s the argument they make. well, seat belts won t stop every car fatality either, but we need to do better on all these things. we need to work on all of these fronts and try to do a little