Posted June 12, 2018 10:57 am by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Slidefire Solutions Bump Fire Stock on an Anderson Rifles AR15 Lower
Slidefire Solutions Bump Fire Stock on an Anderson Rifles AR15 Lower

Maryland, U.S.A.-(Ammoland.com)- On June 11, 2018, MSI and four individuals filed a class action suit challenging SB 707, the Bump Stock Bill that was signed into law by Governor Hogan on April 24. Senate Bill 707 provides that a person may not “transport” into Maryland or “manufacture, possess, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, or receive a rapid-fire trigger activator.” Senate Bill 707 defines “a rapid-fire trigger activator” extremely broadly to include “any device, including a removable manual or power-driven activating device, constructed so that, when installed in or attached to a firearm the rate at which the trigger is activated increases; or the rate of fire increases.” A rapid-fire trigger activator is further defined to include a “bump stock, trigger crank, hellfire trigger, binary trigger, burst trigger system, or a copy or a similar device, regardless of the producer or manufacturer.” A violation of the new law is punishable with up to 3 years in prison or a fine of $5,000 or both.

The lawsuit challenges the newly enacted SB 707 on multiple grounds, including as unconstitutional taking of private property under the Takings Clause of the …Read the Rest

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