In Nod to Gun Owners, GOPer Has Prize for One 'Lucky Winner'

Less than three weeks after Stephen Paddock used bump stocks in his massacre of 58 people in Las Vegas, a Republican running for governor in Georgia wants to give one away for free. 

In a statement, Georgia State Sen. Michael Williams says he'll give "a free bump stock to one lucky winner" to show "solidarity with gun owners across the nation" in defiance of "liberals and weak Republicans who wish to limit our freedoms," reports CNN

Some Republicans and Democrats have called for a ban on bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire for semi-automatic weapons, in the aftermath of Oct. 1. But while Williams says "the tragedy in Las Vegas broke my heart," he adds "there is zero evidence that banning bump stocks would prevent any gun violence deaths."

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