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Bump stock ban passes state committee [View all]
A Washington state Senate panel has approved a bill that would ban trigger devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more rapidly, similar to the ones used in the Las Vegas mass shooting.
The Spokesman-Review reports the Law and Justice Committee approved the bill after rejecting a Republican bid to allow them to be sold if the purchaser passes a federal firearms background check.
The devices are known as bump stocks or bump-fire stocks.
They were used to increase the firing rate of some rifles used by shooter Stephen Paddock last year in Las Vegas.
http://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/bump-stock-ban-passes-state-committee/508968054
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