Posted October 26, 2017 6:10 pm by Comments

By Dave Urbanski

The Illinois House — which consists of 67 Democrats and 51 Republicans — rejected legislation Thursday that would have banned “bump stocks” and other devices that allow guns to fire more rapidly, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The proposed measure was in response to the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1 in which the gunman used bump stocks to the increase firing rate on his semi-automatic rifles, the paper said, citing Democratic Rep. Marty Moylan.

And despite the significant majority of Democrats — traditionally more in favor of gun control than Republicans — the House bump stock ban was shot down 54-48, the paper said.

What did Democrat opponents of the ban say?

Among the Democratic opponents was Rep. Jerry Costello who hails from the southern Illinois village of Smithton. He contended the bill was too broad and would ban any modification that increases the firing rate — even a changed spring or trigger, the Tribune reported.

“I don’t view this as a bump stock ban, I view this as a ban on 40 to 50 percent of the guns in the state,” Costello said, the paper reported.

The World Shooting Recreational Complex in Sparta resides in his district, the …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze

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