DOVER, Del. (AP) - House lawmakers in Delaware have approved a revised bill banning bump stocks, trigger cranks and similar devices that increase the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms.
The measure was approved 37-to-4 Tuesday and now goes back to the Senate.
The legislation was previously approved by the House but was amended in the Senate to reduce the penalty for a first offense of possessing, selling or buying a bump stock from a felony to a misdemeanor.
The House responded with its own amendment changing the first-offense penalty for possession only, but not for buying or selling, to a more severe misdemeanor than proposed by the Senate.
House lawmakers also approved an amendment to set aside $15,000 to compensate people who would be forced to surrender bump stocks they currently own legally.
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