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TexasTowelie

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Wed May 2, 2018, 06:03 AM May 2018

House OKs bump stock ban, again

DOVER — For the second time this year, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would criminalize bump stocks and related devices that allow guns to fire faster.

The measure was approved by the House in March but was then amended by the Senate, sending it back to the chamber of origin.

By a 37-4 vote, the House passed an altered version Tuesday. It is now in the Senate once again.

The amendments attached by representatives strike a compromise between the original bill and the Senate changes in regard to the penalty, while also establishing a buyback program, allowing individuals to be at least partially compensated for turning in their property.

Read more: https://delawarestatenews.net/government/house-oks-bump-stock-ban-again/

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