Legislators propose bill to ban ‘bump stocks’ after Vegas mass shooting

CHARLOTTE, NC– “What a bump stock does is replaces this regular stock and pistol grip,” said Roger Ayscue with Hyatt Guns.

Turning a semi-automatic rifle into an automatic killing machine like the suspect used in the Las Vegas mass shooting.

“The action of the rifle going back and forth causes the trigger to pull rapidly so you can almost simulate automatic fire,” said Ayscue.

Which is why Florida Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo is leading the charge with a new bill to ban bump stocks. President Trump is open to looking into the issue.

“We’ll be — we’ll be looking into that over the next short period of time,” said President Donald Trump.

So is Congressman Paul Ryan. Though he points out fully automatic weapons have been outlawed for years.

“Obviously, we need to look at how we can tighten up the compliance with this law so that fully automatic weapons are banned,” said Ryan.

Democratic Congresswoman Alma Adams co-signed the legislation to outlaw the sale of bump stocks. She tells WCCB Charlotte: We owe it to the victims of this heinous crime and others to close this loophole and address the many others that exist in our nation’s gun laws.

Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger tells WCCB Charlotte” “Congress should examine any loopholes or vulnerabilities in current law that enable modifications to create an automatic weapon. But addressing gun violence will not be resolved with further gun restrictions.”

Despite their status, local gun shops say people with bump stocks are already banned from practice firing around others.

“A lot of the firing ranges in the area have a prohibition against the bump fire stocks and the reason they do is because of their inherent inaccuracy,” said Ayscue.