1, 2017, an evil man used semiautomatic rifles fitted with bump stocks to kill 58 people in Las Vegas. It’s the person using it.įor instance, on Oct. It’s not the object itself that commits violence. A gun can kill someone, but so can a car, knife or pillow. There are problems with both of these presumptions. Second, that government can pass laws to reduce the access criminals have to firearms. First, that guns and gun accessories are inherently dangerous. Underlying this belief are two assumptions. “Without the ability to pass stronger laws to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them, all of our counties are vulnerable to further acts of gun violence,” former Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani said. Some local government officials are eager to impose additional restrictions on firearm ownership, too. Assuming she makes those changes, that’s a good thing. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, D-Las Vegas, said during the hearing that she’d be willing to limit the ban solely to bump stocks. The language of AB291 is so broad that it would ban common firearm modifications, such as trigger pull adjustments, and even ban polishing certain parts of weapons. This comes after Democrats rushed through a bill expanding background checks to private party sales during the second week of the session. It would ban bump stocks and allow local governments to pass additional restrictions on firearms. On Monday, the Assembly and Senate Judiciary committees held a joint hearing on Assembly Bill 291. Legislative Democrats have been aggressively pushing gun control. New gun laws from Carson City are going to make life harder for the wrong people. A semi-automatic rifle, at right, that has been fitted with a bump stock device sits on a table at the Washington State Patrol crime laboratory in Seattle.
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