The Poster Boy for Bad Precedent

Federal agents interviewed Mr. Dhingra’s mother on Aug. 16. She said that he had schizophrenia and that he had been committed to a mental health facility 14 years ago. [More]

Just great. So this low-hanging fruit basically handed our heroes guaranteed court confirmation, even though this looks to be really more an issue of custodianship than anything else.

There is one significant concession in the way The Times weasel-worded this:

Interest in bump stocks surged after the mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas in October 2017. The gunman had a dozen rifles outfitted with bump stocks and killed 58 people and wounded hundreds of others.

They never outright said those bump stocks were used in the killings.

Because they can't.