Massachusetts lawmakers send bump stock ban to governor

By Chris Eger

The bill would add definitions of bump stocks and trigger cranks to Massachusetts state law, directing a ban on both (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
A joint conference committee of the Commonwealth’s legislature on Thursday forwarded a ban on bump stocks and trigger cranks to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
The language, part of H.4008, an appropriation bill, is a compromise measure which aims to prohibit the devices while toning down more sweeping language in an earlier proposal that intended to ban any device able to increase the rate of fire on semi-automatic guns.
State Sen. Barbara L’Italien said the bill now headed to Baker “does a great job getting bump stocks and trigger cranks out of the wrong hands for good.”
The measure adds definitions to state law of “Bump stock” and “Trigger Crank,” regulating each in turn. Further, where those found guilty of possession of such devices would face between three and 20 years in prison under the House proposal, the Senate measure would allow for penalties to run from 18 months to life in prison.
Under the proposed guidelines, a bump stock would be defined as a device that increases a gun’s rate of fire by using the recoil of the firearm “to generate a

Source: Guns.com