Senator Feinstein Revives Bill Banning Bump Stocks

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Shooting instructor Frankie McRae illustrates the grip on an AR-15 rifle fitted with a "bump stock" at his 37 PSR Gun Club in Bunnlevel, N.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. The stock uses the recoil of the semiautomatic rifle to let the finger "bump" the trigger, making it different from a fully automatic machine gun, which are illegal for most civilians to own. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Senator Dianne Feinstein says if automatic weapons are illegal, so should be the bump stocks that can make a semi-automatic reach the same rapid firing potential.  Feinstein is reviving a bill that would ban bump stocks.  The devices were used in Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas.  Those who break the proposed law would be charged as if they possessed illegal machine guns.  Four years ago, the senator included a bump stock ban in her assault weapons bill, but it was defeated in Congress.  Bump stocks cost less than 200 dollars and increase rates of fire from up to 60 rounds per minute to up to 800 rounds per minute.