A Republican primary candidate in the Georgia governor’s race is giving away a free bump stock to “one lucky winner” in response to congressional efforts to ban the rapid-fire devices used in the Las Vegas mass murder.

State Sen. Michael Williams, who was the first Georgia elected official to back Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said there is “zero evidence” banning bump stocks would prevent gun violence deaths, and he’s giving one device away in a show of support for the Second Amendment.

“The tragedy in Las Vegas broke my heart, but any talk of banning or regulating bump stocks is merely cheap political lip service from career politicians,” Williams said in a statement. “In reality, the bump stock is the new, shiny object politicians are using to deceive voters into believing they are taking action against gun violence.”

Federal authorities said Las Vegas shooting suspect Stephen Paddock had bump stock devices, which increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic weapons to mimic fully automatic weapons.

Some Republican House members co-sponsored legislation to ban bump stocks after the Oct. 1 shooting, which killed nearly 60 and injured more than 500 people.

But quick action on that bill is unlikely. Last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said regulations are the “smartest, quickest fix" to address bump stocks, even though federal officials previously determined they were legal under current law.

Williams is one of six candidates in the Republican primary for governor, which will be held on May 22.

Like Ryan, Williams said politicians should discuss mental health awareness as a response to reducing gun violence.

“You cannot regulate evil out of existence,” Williams said. “Blaming guns or bump stocks for the actions of a lunatic, is the same as blaming McDonald’s for heart disease.”

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