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    | SC: Columbia, S.C., Approves A Rare U.S. Ban On The Use Of Bump Stocks Submitted by: 
			
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    | The city of Columbia, S.C., has banned the use of bump stocks, the attachment that dramatically accelerates the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles. Columbia is believed to be the first, or one of the first, U.S. cities to enact such a ban.
 
 Bump stocks allow semi-automatic rifles to fire bullets nearly as rapidly as automatic weapons The ban is meant to prevent the device's use, not its sale — a discrepancy that Columbia officials say is due to a state law that bars cities from regulating firearms or firearm components.
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    | December 20, 2017: 
 A lawsuit has been filed to stop the City of Columbia’s new ban on bump stocks and trigger cranks.
 
 Mark Schnee, a Columbia attorney, filed the suit today, saying the ban on the gun parts is prohibited by state and federal law as well as a violation of a court order.
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