In the Wake of the 2017 Las Vegas Shooting, the National

question 18

Multiple Choice

In the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the National Rifle Association

• A) lobbied for legislative regulation of bump stocks.
• B) announced that it would oppose any measure of any kind that might increase regulation of firearms.
• C) proposed a ban on all automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles.
• D) expressed a desire for greater regulation of assault rifles.
• E) suggested it might consider legislation to regulate bump stocks but took no actual steps toward doing so.

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