Legislation is advancing in Mississippi that would ban most devices used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones. The bill is moving forward even though lawmakers are typically loathe to introduce new gun restrictions.
FILE - Mississippi Sen. Scott DeLano, R-Biloxi, presents an appropriations bill for a vote in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol, March 15, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, local prosecutors could charge people who possess and manufacture modified machine guns. These weapons, which are made with 3-D printers and can be bought on the internet, can fire multiple rounds at a rapid clip.
Under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday, local prosecutors could charge people who possess and manufacture modified machine guns. Conversion devices, which are made with 3D printers and can be bought on the internet, make it so that a legal semi-automatic gun can fire multiple rounds at a rapid clip. The proliferation of these devices has led to deadly crimes, Republican Sen. Scott DeLano said.
“These are very deadly devices. They are killing machines,” DeLano said. “This is not something a law-abiding citizen would need to have.”during a traffic stop by a suspect who had a modified machine gun. George County Deputy Jeremy Malone died after he stopped a vehicle U.S. 98 in early January. The National Rifle Association, which often lobbies against gun control provisions, helped write portions of the bill because it is “cognizant to this threat to our law enforcement community,” DeLano said.Mississippi legislators are moving toward a showdown on how to pay for public schoolsWhile federal law restricts conversion devices, Mississippi does not have a state law banning them. As a result, police can only confiscate the devices.
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