HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers have passed legislation banning bump stocks in the 50th state.
HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers have passed legislation banning bump stocks in the 50th state.
Bump stocks allow guns to be fired like assault weapons. The gunman who killed 58 people and injured hundreds of others in Las Vegas last October used the device.
The state Senate voted 24-0 to pass the measure on Wednesday. The House passed the bill earlier in the month. Gov. David Ige spokeswoman Jodi Leong says he supports the bill.
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington and Vermont have each banned the devices since the Las Vegas shooting. Florida’s governor last month signed a bill banning them, but the National Rifle Association has filed a lawsuit challenging it.
Lawmakers backing the Hawaii bill say they want to do all they can to ensure mass shootings don’t occur in the islands.
I’m sure all the criminals are going to follow the law ? According to the Waffle House incident you don’t need a weapon to protect yourself !
Just look up “how to make a bump stock”. Banning things does not thwart evil human behavior. What are you going to ban next, rental vans?
After shooting on the islands for decades, never yet run into one of these things. No marksman or former military shooter would bother to buy one.
The democrats keep scrabbling after meaningless “control” laws, Perhaps they see each incremental law as a small step toward the civil war that so many leftists seem to crave..