Editing National Rifle Association (section)

====2017 Las Vegas shooting====
{{Main|2017 Las Vegas shooting}}
After the October 2017 shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, which left 58 people dead and 851 injured, the NRA was initially criticized for their silence.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cerullo|first1=Megan|title=NRA silent following Las Vegas shooting|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nra-silent-las-vegas-shooting-article-1.3538901|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> After four days they issued a statement opposing additional gun control laws, which they said would not stop further attacks, and called for a federal law allowing people who have a [[concealed carry]] permit in one state to carry concealed weapons in all other states. The organization also suggested additional regulations on so-called [[bump fire stock]]s, which allow a semi-automatic weapon to function like a machine gun; the Las Vegas shooter had used such a device.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/05/republicans-guns-bump-stocks-las-vegas-shooting|title=NRA breaks silence after Vegas shooting to call for 'additional regulations' on bump stocks|date=October 5, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=March 8, 2018}}</ref>