Illinois Pushing Through Trigger Modification Bill

By Tom Knighton

Ever since Las Vegas, lawmakers have been licking their chops. The gun control ghouls not just in Congress but also in state legislatures have jumped on the use of a bump stock in the tragedy to push through new regulations limiting people’s Second Amendment rights.

In anti-gun Illinois, they’re closer to restricting trigger modifications with a bill that sounds similar to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bill.

On a partisan vote, the House Judiciary-Criminal Law committee approved legislation to ban bump stocks in Illinois. The devices are used to greatly increase the rate of fire for semi-automatic weapons. They were used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock earlier this month when he fired on hundreds of people gathered outdoors for a concert in the city.

Sponsored by Rep. Martin Moylan, D-Des Plaines, House Bill 4117 would also make illegal other modifications to guns that would greatly increase their rate of fire.

“This device (bump stocks) can turn legal firearms into illegal machine guns capable of shooting up to 800 rounds per minute,” Moylan said.

Todd Vandermyde, who represents the National Rifle Association, said Moylan’s bill is too broadly written and will effectively outlaw a number of trigger modifications that many gun …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms