‘Here’s to freedom’: maker of rapid-fire device, used in Las Vegas massacre, offers discount as tribute to Trump
Bump stocks allow semi-automatic rifles to fire like fully automatic machine-guns
There’s a Presidents’ Day sale on bump stocks, the device the Las Vegas shooter put on his rifles to effectively make them fire like a fully automatic machine gun, killing 58 people.
Slide Fire Solutions, a bump stocks manufacturer, is offering 10 per cent discount with coupon code: MAGA.
That’s a salute to the campaign slogan of President Donald Trump, who promised to “Make America Great Again”, and who has responded to the deadly massacres in the past five months by continuing to oppose any new gun control laws.
“#HeresToFreedom,” the company wrote in a marketing email announcing the sale.
Before the Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 people dead and hundreds injured, bump stocks were an obscure range device popular with firearms enthusiasts.
The accessory makes semi-automatic rifles fire faster, mimicking the rapid fire of fully automatic weapons. Firearms experts say they have no self-defence value, since they make guns very hard to fire accurately.