Gun owners are snapping up bump-fire stocks in fear that lawmakers will soon ban them in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting.
"Scores of online retailers have sold out of the devices, which enable a semiautomatic weapon to mimic the functionality of a machine gun," states a report in The Trace, a web site that reports on gun violence.
Bump stocks are flying off the shelves online after Democrats immediately called for gun control legislation after the horrific Las Vegas Shooting Sunday.
Designed to enable a semi-automatic weapon to fire like a fully automatic weapon, bump stocks are usually available for purchase on the Internet but Walmart and Cabela's— two of the nation's largest gun sellers — appear to have discontinued bump stock sales early Wednesday. The website's that have continued to sell them, are selling out of bump stocks or have already sold out, according to a report by The Trace.
