Paul Ryan punts post-Vegas mass murder legislating

Another Paul Ryan Profile in Cowardice.

Even before all the victims are buried, the House of Representatives' biggest recipient of 2016 gun lobby donations

figures out a way not to do his job.

Speaker Paul Ryan suggested Wednesday that House Republicans would prefer that the executive branch overturn the regulation that has allowed bump stocks, a device used by the Las Vegas shooter, rather than a legislative fix. 

At his weekly news conference, the Wisconsin Republican said that a regulatory fix by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) would be the "smartest, quickest fix..." 

However, a bureau spokesman told The Atlantic that it's not the ATF's role to approve devices.