Minden arms manufacturer threatens to leave Nevada if 'bump stock' bill becomes law
On Monday of this week, a joint meeting of Nevada's Assembly and Senate Judiciary committees heard AB291, a measure that would formally ban gun modifications that would convert a semi-automatic firearm into a fully automatic model, in particular the bill bans the device known as a bump stock.
The bill would also roll back the state’s preemption law, which would enable municipalities to enact gun laws more stringent than state or federal law, and the public testimony both for and against AB291 was brimming and passionate, but Jay Jacobson is the president of a Minden-based firearms manufacturer, Franklin Armory, and he said he would move his company and its employees to another state if AB291 becomes law.
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