Washington's four-day bump stock buyback program was so successful state officials ran out of money.
Starting Tuesday, bump stocks are illegal in the United States. In hopes of prompting people to turn them over before the ban began, the Legislature allocated $150,000 for the buyback program, to be managed by the Washington State Patrol.Bump stock owners would get $150 for their devices -- so there was enough to buy back 1,000 devices.A bump stock devic, fit on a semiautomatic rifle to increase the firing speed.
— Trooper Will Finn March 26, 2019 "We had a number of cases that people brought in only five devices," Loftis says. But he says they may have had even more bump stocks in their possession. Authorities collected"a number of homemade devices" that fit the description of a bump stock.The devices are meant to replace the standard stock and grip of a semiautomatic rifle. They attach to a rifle's receiver, or frame.
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