Michigan bill banning bump stocks introduced after US Supreme Court ruling

(Michigan Advance) Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal rule that essentially banned bump stocks for semi automatic rifles, a Michigan lawmaker has introduced a bill to specifically ban the devices in Michigan.

State Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) on Tuesday introduced Senate Bill 942, which aims to prohibit the manufacture, sale, and possession of bump stocks, which convert semi-automatic firearms into machine guns by significantly increasing their rate of fire. It would also ban “a muffler or silencer.”

“Here in Michigan, it’s a life-or-death matter that we join the 16 other states with policies that ban deadly bump stocks and keep these dangerous devices out of the hands of Michigan residents,” said Polehanki in a statement. “Bump stocks that can turn firearms into illegal, destructive weapons of war should never have a place in our communities.”

The Supreme Court case, Garland v. Cargill, was decided on a 6-3 vote that struck down a rule enacted by the Trump administration following a 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas in which a gunman used rifles outfitted with bump stocks to fire into a crowd at a music festival, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500. ..................(more)

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