Connecticut lawmakers have voted to ban devices that enable guns to fire like automatic weapons.
The Senate on Tuesday night approved the bump stock legislation, 26-10. The bill already cleared the House of Representatives. Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed the ban and likely will sign it. He says there’s “no legitimate reason” to own a bump stock.
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Democratic Sen. Paul Doyle, of Wethersfield, says at least eight states have banned the gun enhancements. Lawmakers were prompted to pass such legislation following an October shooting at a Las Vegas concert that left 58 people dead and hundreds of others injured. Police say bump stocks were used in that crime.
Republican Sen. John Kissel, of Enfield, has raised concern about owners not being compensated after destroying or turning in their devices.
