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    Massachusetts Becomes 1st State To Ban Bump Stocks After Las Vegas Massacre

    The restriction was added to a budget bill Thursday and was signed into law with minimal dissent on Friday.
    by Chris Benderev Nov 04, 2017 3 minutes
    A bump stock device (left) can be fitted to a semi-automatic rifle to increase firing speed.

    Republican Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito of Massachusetts signed a bill Friday, approved one day earlier by the state's Democrat-led Legislature, outlawing so-called bump stocks, accessories that allow semi-automatic firearms to mimic the rapid firing action of machine guns.

    Massachusetts is the first state to enact a ban on bump stocks in the wake of last month's shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.

    Authorities say the gunman

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