Updates | The Week of December 18, 2017
Derek Reinbold // 12/24/17 //
The fact that raising the issue of ownership of semiautomatic weapons in a confirmation hearing caused the nomination to be put on hold is a sad development, writes Dean L. Winslow, the former nominee for assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, at WaPo.
DOJ officials indicated they cannot regulate sales of gun bump ammunition stocks absent Congressional guidance, but momentum for gun control is quickly waning in Congress. (NYT)
The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 is opposed by 83% of gun owners and 83% of Republicans, writes Daniel Webster at The Hill.