The tool is called a “bump fire stock,” or bump stock for short. “You have to have a special class of license to have an automatic weapon,” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told them. : A bump stock is an attachment you can put on your rifle to make it fire more like a machine gun. With the bump stock attachment, you can fire hundreds of rounds per minute. '”But tightly regulating them, the way machine guns are regulated, could be an effective way to limit the bad guys from getting them, he said.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 15:23 UTC