Legislation moves to add bump stocks, other devices, to NFA control

By Chris Eger

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich, is among House lawmakers who want to treat bump stocks “or any other devices designed to accelerate substantially the rate of fire of a semiautomatic weapon” the same way as machine guns. (Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com)
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week would fall short of banning bump stocks outright, instead opting to regulate them under the National Firearms Act.
The legislation, proposed by two Democrats and two Republicans, would require that the devices be registered to include an extensive background check, fingerprinting and a $200 tax on the items, effectively the same regulation as for making and transferring machine guns.
“This bill will not prevent all senseless gun deaths—rather, it seeks to address one dangerous loophole in existing law that allows anyone to acquire a bump stock, no questions asked,” said U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich, a sponsor of the legislation alongside Nevada Democrat Dina Titus and two Republicans, Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick and Michigan’s Dave Trott.
The measure, entered as H.R.4168, would amend federal law to regulate “reciprocating” bump stocks “or any other devices designed to accelerate substantially the rate of fire of a semiautomatic weapon” through the National Firearms Act, treating them in

Source: Guns.com