An effort by Democratic lawmakers to ban bump stocks in Tennessee has failed.
Bump stocks are devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic the rapid fire of machine guns. Some Tennessee Senate leaders had come out in support of President Donald Trump’s push to ban bump stocks after a gunman used the devices to kill 58 people and injured more than 500 others in Las Vegas in October.
The proposal didn’t generate enough votes to pass. Two companion bills failed to make it out of committees this week.
Bump Stock Ban Proposal Fails
Apr 5, 2018 | 5:00 AM