The Las Vegas gunman used a legal device allowing him to fire 400 rounds a minute

[workinclasszero]

The Las Vegas gunman used a legal device allowing him to fire 400 rounds a minute
Alex Lockie

The deadliest shooting in modern US history took place Sunday night in Las Vegas in part thanks to a legal device that allows any gun owner to circumvent gun laws.

The device, known as a "bump stock," replaces the shoulder rest of a rifle with a device that bounces the weapon back into the shooter's trigger finger. Effectively, the semiautomatic weapon still fires one bullet for every pull of the trigger, but the bump stock automates the trigger-pull process, allowing shooters to fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds a minute.

Gun users can achieve a similar, though less controlled effect by sticking their finger through their belt loop or simply by holding a stick between the trigger and the trigger guard.

Paddock rattled off hundreds of shots over few minutes. The bullets peppered a crowd of 22,000 people, leaving at least 59 dead. More than 500 others were injured either by gunfire or by trying to escape it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/las-vegas-gunman-bump-stock-automatic-weapon-2017-10

[Marengo]

1. Hopefully not legal for much longer. I'm pretty hardcore on the 2A, but this is absurd.

[Kaleva]

2. I've been talking about the deadliness of a slide stock equiped semiautomatic for years here at DU

My concerns were dismissed and pooh-poohed by resident "experts".

[jmg257]

3. Yep - often put down as a gimmick and never used to comitt a crime and not accurate...too late now.

At least for the dead in LV.

[Kaleva]

4. Those were the general comments I received.

[workinclasszero]

6. You were right

Whats the latest toll?

59 killed and 527 injured looks like.

Of course even as we speak the GOP Congress is getting ready to legalize silencers and armor piercing ammo.

[Iggo]

5. Yep. A gun.