Current Events > Ron Johnson, chair of the Homeland Security Committee, backs bump stock ban

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/353902-senate-homeland-security-chairman-backs-bump-stock-ban-after-las-vegas

Johnson said he was not aware of so-called bump stocks until Monday, when the nation woke up to news of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history the night before in Las Vegas.

Johnson noted that its already illegal for citizens to purchase fully-automatic guns manufactured after 1986 or possess guns that have not gone through a costly and time-consuming registration process with the federal government.

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Other Republicans have voiced support for the proposal.

Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), the former chairman of the Republican Study Committee, told The Hill on Wednesday that he would back a bump-stock ban.

A bump stock uses the recoil of a semi-automatic rifle to slide a gun back and forth so that it bumps rapidly against the trigger finger. That allows a person to shoot 400 to 600 rounds a minute with a single trigger squeeze.

Congress heavily regulated the sale and transfer of machine guns by passing the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986, which made it illegal for civilians to possess machine guns manufactured after May of that year.
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somewhere, a gun nut will claim those are necessary for 'self defense' and 'muh freedoms'
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