{"id":80910,"date":"2017-10-13T11:09:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T15:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=80910"},"modified":"2017-10-13T11:09:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:02:28","slug":"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_80913\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80913\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-80913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: NRA-ILA<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Massachusetts is taking the lead in the national race to ban bump stocks with both the state House and Senate voting to approve <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/190\/H3951\/BillHistory\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\">legislation<\/a> that would greatly restrict the ownership of the firearm accessory.<\/p>\n<p>The House approved its sweeping ban Wednesday followed by the Senate, which unanimously approved a more narrow version Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bump stocks and trigger cranks effectively change the nature of a semi-automatic weapon to make it into a machine gun,&#8221; state Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no legitimate purpose for the use, sale, and possession of these devices or than to cause as much damage as possible,&#8221; Rosenberg continued. &#8220;Taking this action today protects public safety, provides ample time for residents to comply, and establishes sufficient penalties for violations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under the House version &#8220;any device\u00a0which attaches to a [firearm]\u2026that is designed to increase the rate of discharge\u201d of a firearm would be prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20171012\/massachusetts-gun-control-bill-passes-senate\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\">NRA-ILA pointed out<\/a>, this purposefully vague and open-ended language would leave the door open for bans not only on bump stocks and trigger cranks\u00a0but also on match grade triggers, muzzle brakes, and other ergonomic modifications.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/public-support-bump-stock-ban-79-percent-says-new-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\">Public Support for Bump Stock Ban at 79 Percent, Says New Poll<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The Senate version, on the other hand, would exclusively target bump stocks and trigger cranks.\u00a0 And they\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t technically be outlawed, rather they would be regulated as &#8220;machine guns&#8221; under Massachusetts <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Laws\/GeneralLaws\/PartI\/TitleXX\/Chapter140\/Section121\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\">law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Senate&#8217;s bipartisan action means that those who are not appropriately licensed to possess devices that are in effect approximating a machine gun will be in violation of our state&#8217;s comprehensive firearms laws,&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Violators would face 18 months to life in prison for the illegal use and possession of either accessory, according to the Senate bill.<\/p>\n<p>All signs point to some form of this bipartisan legislation passing in the coming weeks.\u00a0 Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has already said that he plans to sign it into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, that should be outlawed,\u201d Baker<a href=\"https:\/\/newbostonpost.com\/2017\/10\/05\/baker-signals-support-for-bump-fire-stock-ban-in-wake-of-las-vegas-massacre-nra-calls-for-federal-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\"> told reporters earlier in the week<\/a>. \u201cAnd if that were to pass tomorrow, we would sign it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts is not alone in moving to outlaw bump stocks and trigger cranks.\u00a0 Ohio, Maryland, and Illinois are also considering similar bills.\u00a0 And, of course, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced legislation on the federal level to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/feinstein-introduces-bump-stock-ban-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\" title=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\"> ban bump stocks nationwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Bump stocks and trigger cranks effectively change the nature of a semi-automatic weapon to make it into a machine gun,&#8221; state Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) said in a statement Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":80913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216],"tags":[132,469,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-gun-control","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Massachusetts House and Senate voted on bills this week to greatly restrict ownership of bump stocks and trigger cranks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Violators of Massachusetts Bump Stock Ban Could Receive Life in Prison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Bump stocks and trigger cranks effectively change the nature of a semi-automatic weapon to make it into a machine gun,&quot; state Senate President Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) said in a statement Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bump-stock-ban-bills-clear-massachusetts-house-and-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-13T15:09:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-21T10:02:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/remote-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"848\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"477\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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