Democrats renew push for Maine bump stock ban
Source: Bangor Daily News
A proposal to ban the purchase or possession of bump stocks could align Maine with President Donald Trump’s call to ban them, but it must first clear a legislative leadership panel evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.
The proposal from Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, has been tabled by the Legislative Council, which is made up of five Democrats and five Republicans, since December.
Bump stocks are devices that make semi-automatic rifles fire as rapidly as automatic weapons, which are illegal for most people to own in the United States. Bump stocks were infamously used in a gunman’s October 2017 attack on a Las Vegas concert crowd which killed 58 people.
Earlier this week, Trump ordered the Justice Department to issue new regulations that ban bump stocks and signaled that he would support measures to strengthen background checks during gun purchases. Gun control supporters said Trump’s proposals were not enough to curtail gun violence in the United States.
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