# Center for Business and Human Rights deputy director Paul Barrett discusses the impact of the Las Vegas shooting on gun control legislation

1 School News October 3, 2017 ![WNYC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032168.jpg?itok=yBRML88U)>

Excerpt from [WNYC](http://www.wnyc.org/story/too-soon-talk-about-gun-control/) -- "...we do have an additional factor here of that rapid firing audio that now millions and millions of people have heard. Will it change the calculus on legislation? I suppose it's possible that if gun control advocates focus narrowly enough on for example the kinds of devices that turn a semi automatic into an automatic firing weapon, there might be some success. But I think even that would be a long shot with President Trump in the White House."

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