Gov. Inslee Wants To Ban Bump Stocks Used In Las Vegas Shooting

SEATTLE, WA - Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that Washington should ban the sale of bump stocks, a gun accessory that can turn semi-automatic weapons fully automatic. Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used bump stocks in the massacre on Sunday that killed 59 and left more than 500 wounded.

Inslee called on the state Legislature to pass a law banning the bump stocks in the upcoming session.

"This session the legislature needs to ban bump-stocks and other devices that turn legal semi-automatic firearms into lethal fully-automatic machine guns. We must make sure people intent on causing mass destruction and loss of life won’t be aided by lax laws that give them unfettered access to military-style weaponry," he said in a statement Tuesday.

Bump stocks sell for as little as $99. A bump stock fits in place of the stock of a rifle and and allows a shooter to use the recoil of the gun to activate the trigger more rapidly. Bump stocks, according to gun experts, cause rifles to overheat quickly and fire inaccurately. Some speculate that's why Paddock had more than a dozen rifles in his Mandalay Bay hotel room.

Here's a video about how bump stocks work:

Photo: This Feb. 1, 2013, file photo shows a "bump" stock next to a disassembled .22-caliber rifle at North Raleigh Guns in Raleigh, N.C.

Image via Allen Breed/Associated Press