Nevada senator says JD Vance is ‘disrespecting the dead’ with bump stock comments

Ohio Republican senator dismissed efforts by Democrats to ban gun devices, used in 2017 Las Vegas concert shooting

Political ripples from the supreme court's decision to overturn a Trump White House-era ban on sales of bump stocks" - a spring-loaded stock that uses recoil to effectively turn a semi-automatic firearm into a machine gun - continued to radiate on Monday when Jacky Rosen took exception to comments on the issue made by his Republican colleague JD Vance.

Vance, the Ohio senator and potential vice-presidential pick as Trump seeks a second presidency in November had dismissed efforts by senior Democrats, including Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, to pass legislation banning the devices as a huge distraction".

Ramon Antonio Vargas contributed reporting.