GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police believe a bump stock, a device that can turn a semiautomatic weapon into a fully-automatic firearm, is how Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was able to fire hundreds of rounds in under 12 minutes, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500. Now, Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering a ban on bump stocks.

"Something like the Las Vegas event: Would there be less rounds fired? Yes. But I still believe from that position, and using the M4 configuration rifles that the shooter is using, that he'd still be able to put down very accurate fire, and take, I think, the same casualty rate with one or two rounds versus sending multiple rounds," said Stephen Felano, who works for Defensor, Inc., a company that teaches legal gun owners how to safely use a gun and how to be mentally prepared for situations that might call for using deadly force.

Felano says banning bump stocks might not be the answer.          

"I don't think that making bump stocks illegal or removing any type of individual function of a firearm, or even an outright ban on firearms is going to mitigate these types of events. The fact of the matter is it comes down to mindset. That's the really deep rooted issue that we have to focus on and work on mitigating is stopping the development of the mindset of the active shooter," Felano said.

Felano says he'd like to see the focus on giving law enforcement the tools and training they need to better deal with this type of event and educating the public on how to respond in this type of situation.

"We need to devote the money and resources to give them the training to produce better tactical outcomes. Then secondly again it goes back to training as a civilian, your civic duty as an individual in the United States should be to get the type of training to hold off, recognize these events in advance, treat the wounded before law enforcement can get there so you can survive, others can survive while law enforcement is doing its job," said Felano.

It is currently illegal to use a bump stock in New York State, but there is a loophole in the law that makes it legal to buy, sell or possess the device. State lawmakers introduced a bill aimed at closing that loophole this week.