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Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant says in a TV ad that she supports a federal ban on bump stocks, the devices that allow continuous firing of a semiautomatic firearm with one trigger pull.

Not so fast, says Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the leading national organizations lobbying for restrictions on firearms.

Dunnavant, R-Henrico, voted no on that issue in 2018 as a member of the Virginia General Assembly.

Dunnavant thought “anything short of a federal ban would be ineffective because it was easy to bring a bump stock across state lines,” her campaign manager, Marshall Moreau, said in a statement.

The first-term senator is in a hotly contested race for re-election against Del. Debra Rodman, D-Henrico. Both parties are fighting for the seat in a Nov. 5 election that could help determine control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a 20-19 edge with one seat vacant.

The Dunnavant-Rodman race leads all Senate contests in spending on TV ads, now over $1.3 million, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. Everytown is paying for an ad on Rodman’s behalf.