US gun control Rapid fire rifle device on special offer in salute to Trump ‘Bump stock’ used by Las Vegas shooter in promotional tie in with presidential campaign slogan Slide Fire’s bump stock, which simulates automatic fire when fitted to an semi-automatic rifle. Photograph: George Frey/Getty ImagesThere is a Presidents’ Day sale on bump stocks, the device the Las Vegas shooter put on his rifles. Before the Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, bump stocks were an obscure range device popular with firearms enthusiasts. Despite early signs of bipartisan support for a bump stock ban in Congress, the effort fizzled out. If the company had been forced to close after the outrage following the Las Vegas shooting, “It would hurt the whole town, the school.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2018 23:03 UTC