Senators Bieda and Hertel offered the following concurrent resolution:

            Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 26.

            A concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ban bump stocks.

            Whereas, Civilian possession of new, fully automatic weapons that reload automatically and fire continuously with one trigger pull is prohibited under the federal Firearm Owners' Protection Act of 1986. Semi-automatic rifles that reload automatically, but fire only once per trigger pull, may be lawfully purchased by eligible residents of the United States. An individual must pass a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check prior to the purchase of any firearm in America; and

            Whereas, A number of accessories are manufactured to enhance the performance of firearms. One such accessory is the bump stock, determined to be a firearm part by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2010. The bump stock alters the speed at which an individual can pull the trigger of a firearm. Although only one bullet is fired with each trigger pull, the bump stock significantly speeds up the trigger pull, making the weapon fire, essentially, like an automatic weapon. A firearm equipped with a bump stock can fire as many as 800 rounds per minute. A semi-automatic weapon equipped with a bump stock is not readily distinguishable from a fully automatic weapon. Bump stocks can be purchased without a NICS check; and

            Whereas, Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 500 injured in the recent shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The high fatality and injury rates were caused, in part, by the shooter's use of bump stocks on several semi-automatic weapons; and

Whereas, The Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act (S. 1916 and H.R. 3999) currently pending in Congress would prohibit the manufacture, possession, or transfer of bump stocks or any accessory designed to increase the rate of fire from a semi-automatic rifle; now, therefore, be it

            Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That we memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ban bump stocks; and be it further

            Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of the Michigan congressional delegation.