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<p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice Thursday saying the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has begun taking public comment on the proposed bump stock ban.</p> <p>Should the DOJ decide to pass the bump stock ban, one major change that would take place: the term "machine gun" would be altered in the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA).</p> <p>According to the DOJ's summary, bump-stock-style devices weren't included in the GCA because they weren't around when the gun control law was implemented. If the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) goes through, these devices would fall under the same regulations as machine guns.</p><p><a href='https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/03/29/atf-publishes-notice-for-proposed-bump-stock-ban-n2466024' class='out'>https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/03/29/atf-publishes-notice-for-proposed-bump-stock-ban-n2466024</a></p>
