After Las Vegas massacre, Congress has failed to act on 'bump stocks.' But states, cities are taking the lead

For once, a mass shooting seemed to create a bipartisan consensus - rare in the polarized debate over gun control - that something had to change.

In the days after a gunman killed 58 people at an outdoor country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in October, members of Congress set their sights on "bump stocks," devices that allow a semiautomatic firearm to mimic a fully automatic one.

Lawmakers called for more regulation of bump stocks and even outright bans. They vowed - Democrats and Republicans alike - to make the issue a legislative priority.