ARLINGTON, Va. — Months after the in Las Vegas, several legislators representing Arlington County have filed bills in the Virginia General Assembly to outlaw 鈥渂ump stocks.鈥�
After the October 1 shooting, which left 58 people dead and 546 injured, investigators found that gunman Stephen Paddock had modified some of the semi-automatic rifles in his hotel room with 鈥�,鈥� an attachment that allows the guns to fire faster.
And after Congress to ban them, local lawmakers will try to do so at the state level.
Del. and state Sens. and (all D) each introduced legislation to ban any device 鈥渦sed to increase the rate of fire of any semi-automatic firearm beyond the capability of an unaided person to operate the trigger mechanism of that firearm.鈥�
Anyone found to own, be making or selling such a device would be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor. The City of Columbia, S.C., recently passed an ordinance .
At a with the Arlington County Board earlier this month, Levine expressed cautious optimism at getting 鈥渂ump stocks鈥� banned in Virginia.
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