Massachusetts bump stock ban signed into law by Republican

By Chris Eger

Filling in for Gov. Charlie Baker, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito signed a bump stock ban into law last week, the first adopted since the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas. (Photo: Boston Globe)
Just a month after the Las Vegas shooting that sparked the bill, Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito signed a ban on bump stocks and trigger cranks into law.
Polito, filling in for Gov. Charlie Baker, both Republicans, signed the measure on Friday, just a day after the Commonwealth’s legislature forwarded the proposal to the governor’s office for consideration.
Adopted as part of a spending bill, the move adds definitions to state law of “Bump stock” and “Trigger Crank,” regulating each in turn. The new law allows for penalties to run from 18 months to life in prison for those selling or possessing the devices. Further, it does not provide a pathway to legal ownership of the accessories already in circulation.
The National Rifle Association, which urged Baker to issue a line item veto on the gun language in the bill, cautioned that federal regulators are reviewing previous determinations on bump-fire stocks and that, “Any legislation in this area should wait for this review to be complete so an

Source: Guns.com