OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lawmakers in the Washington Senate have approved funding for a bump stock buyback program.
The measure passed unanimously Thursday, sending it to the House for consideration.
Bump stocks modify a semiautomatic rifle to fire continuously by allowing it to slide back-and-forth against a user's shoulder, causing its trigger to 'bump' against the user's finger extremely rapidly.
Washington legislators banned bump stocks in 2018 and created a buyback program at the same time, but didn't set aside money to pay the $150 promised to each person who turned one in.
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock used weapons including 14 rifles modified with bump stocks to fire over 1,000 shots into a music festival crowd there in 2017, killing 58 and wounding 413 in only 11 minutes.
Thursday's bill sets aside $150,000 in 2019 for the buybacks.
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