Maryland lawmakers send bump stock ban to Gov. Hogan

By Chris Eger

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, seen here last week at a press conference, is expected to sign the country’s latest bump stock ban into law. (Photo: Joe Andrucyk/Office of the Governor)
The Maryland state Senate on Wednesday approved a House bill to outlaw “rapid fire trigger activators,” a measure Gov. Larry Hogan has promised to sign.
The bill, HB 888, bans bump stocks and a host of other devices that enable semi-auto firearms to fire at a theoretically higher rate. It saw final approval in a 35-11 vote and outlines a narrow allowance to grandfather some outlawed systems already in circulation should they meet unfinalized federal regulations. Hogan, a Republican, last month pledged support for a bump stock ban as part of a series of school safety enhancements.
“The Las Vegas mass shooting exposed a pretty glaring loophole in Maryland gun laws,” said Delegate David Moon, sponsor of the bill. “We found you can circumvent the purpose of the assault weapons ban by putting the device on your gun.”
The language of the bill would classify devices such as a bump stock, trigger crank, hellfire trigger, binary trigger system, burst trigger system, or a similar device as a “rapid fire trigger activator.”
If signed into law

Source: Guns.com