A bump stock modified firearm can fire 400 to 800 rounds a minute, experts said.
Friday, have generated controversy ever since the device was created over how they change the way semi-automatic weapons are fired. The modification replaces the back of a semi-automatic rifle, which is usually held up against the shoulder, and allows the weapon to slide back and forth.
In this Oct. 6, 2017 file photo, Senior Sales Staff Mark Warner shows a bump stock installed on an AR-15 rifle at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Va.Typically, semi-automatic weapons can discharge only one bullet per press of the trigger. However, with the bump stock attached, the user can use the motion and energy from the kickback as the weapon slides back and forth and rapidly fires more bullets. MORE: Machine gun or firearm toy? Bump stock creator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court hearing on ban A shooter can keep a finger still as the recoil and bump stock move the trigger back and forth, according to weapons experts. A bump stock modified semi-automatic can fire 400 to 800 rounds per minute, experts said. By comparison, a fully automatic weapon, which is prohibited for civilian use, shoots 700-950 rounds per minute. A bump stock device that fits on a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing speed, is shown here at a gun store, Oct. 5, 2017, in Salt Lake City.Gun control advocates have called for the device to be banned after it was used in several shootings, including thereclassify bump stocks to fall under the federal definition of "machinegun" and ban their sale, a drastic change in their policy which explicitly allowed the sale and use of the modification.However, the policy change was challenged in court by Michael Cargill, a Texas gun owner and weapons store owner, who contended the federal government overstepped its authority and bump stocks did not render semi-automatics as automatics."An agency within the federal government can't come out and actually turn millions of people into felons overnight or ban a product. We have to go to Congress to do that." Cargill
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