Ban Bump Stocks & Ghost Guns in Connecticut

My neighbor was the Sandy Hook shooter. Just Imagine if he used bump stocks on his AR-15 on that tragic day on December 14, 2012 when he murdered 20 children and six educators. The Las Vegas shooter used bump stocks to convert his semiautomatic rifles to function as automatic weapons to murder 58 people and wound 500 others. The Las Vegas shooting was the deadliest in modern U.S. history.

Ghost guns are untraceable homemade guns. In November, a Northern California man, who was prohibited from possessing firearms because of a restraining order, killed five people in a rampage using semiautomatic rifles that he made himself. In 2016, a Baltimore man fired at police with a homemade AR-15. In 2013, a Santa Monica shooter used a ghost gun in his shooting spree that killed five. Ghost guns appeal to those who cannot legally purchase firearms.

Until Congress bans bump stocks and ghost guns, Connecticut lawmakers must act now to protect their constituents.