Sen. Cotton says banning bump stocks ‘treads close to the line’ of being unconstitutional

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said on Sunday that legislation enshrining the Trump-era ban on bump stocks "treads close to the line" of violating the Second Amendment following the Supreme Court reversal of that prohibition on Friday.

“On the legislative question, I would suggest before we infringe on the rights of law-abiding American citizens, we should crack down on violent crime, gun crimes,” Cotton said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

When pressed on whether he thinks a bump-stock ban would violate the Second Amendment...