Posted October 19, 2017 1:30 am by Comments

By Andrew Shepperson

Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams. (Photo: Senate Press)
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams announced Tuesday his opposition to proposed bump stock bans and plans to hold a bump stock giveaway to show solidarity with gun owners.
Williams, a Georgia state Senator, argued in his announcement that regulating bump stocks, devices used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock that allow semi-automatic weapons to mimic full auto fire, is another way for gun control advocates to attack the Second Amendment.
To show his opposition to the various proposed bans on the devices that have been introduced since the Las Vegas shooting, Williams said he plans to give away a free bump stock to “one lucky winner.”
“The tragedy in Las Vegas broke my heart, but any talk of banning or regulating bump stocks is merely cheap political lip service from career politicians,” Williams said in a statement. “In reality, the bump stock is the new, shiny object politicians are using to deceive voters into believing they are taking action against gun violence.”
The state lawmaker noted that experts from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had approved bump stocks in 2015. He even went so far as to argue that the devices did

Source: Guns.com

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