Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns Gun control groups condemned the move as “a dangerous backroom deal spearheaded by Trump’s general ...

President Donald Trump's administration agreed to permit the sale and possession of devices that let gun enthusiasts convert semiautomatic rifles into weapons that can shoot as fast as machine guns.

In 2022, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives notified firearms licensees that it had determined some such devices constituted illegal machine guns under the National Firearms Act.

The Trump administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire like machine guns, a move that one person familiar with the matter said was “by far the ...

Gun control groups condemned the move as “a dangerous backroom deal spearheaded by Trump’s general counsel” that “effectively legalized machine guns.” IE 11 is not supported.