Bump stocks – the attachment used by the gunman in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre to make his weapons fire rapidly – became illegal in the U.S. on Tuesday. Many thousands of the devices have been turned in or destroyed.
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. In the days and weeks leading up to the ban on bump stocks that took effect Tuesday, March 26, 2019, tens of thousands of the devices were destroyed by owners or handed over to authorities.
A nationwide ban took effect Tuesday on bump stocks, the attachment used by the gunman in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre to make his weapons fire rapidly like machine guns. Anyone in possession of a bump stock from now on can be charged with a federal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Washington state set aside $150,000 to offer owners $150 for each device they turned in to police. Within weeks, the money had been used up.T.J. Kirgin, owner of a firearms tactical gear company in St. Peters, Missouri, said that in the weeks before the measure went into effect, he made one last sweep through his warehouse to make sure he didn’t have any more devices left.
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