Potential bump stock ban threatens jobs, way of life in West Texas town

By Aaron Colen

President Donald Trump has said he will ban bump stocks whether Congress does or not, and that ban could severely impact life for the residents of Moran, Texas, KTVT-TV reports.

What’s the story?

Moran, a town with fewer than 300 residents in West Texas, is the home of Slide Fire Solutions, the largest U.S. manufacturer of bump stocks.

The company was founded by retired Air Force veteran Jeremiah Cottle, who invented the bump stock after he and his friends decided they wanted to be able to fire faster when recreationally shooting.

Slide Fire is one of the largest employers in that area of Texas, and Slide Fire orders represent more than half of the local post office’s business. Some residents have said Moran may not even still exist if Slide Fire Solutions closed.

“When he put Slide Fire in this town it gave a lot of people jobs that didn’t have anywhere else to go,” Moran resident Amy Boyett told KTVT.

Bump stocks came into mass public awareness in October after a man used the devices on guns he used to kill 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas. In the days following the shooting, …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze