Originally Posted by callnum
"Today, I am directing the Department of Justice to dedicate all available resources to complete the review of the comments received, and, as expeditiously as possible, to propose for notice and comment a rule banning all devices that turn legal weapons into machineguns."


There ya have it.

That wouldn't touch the bump stock, since a bump stock-equipped semiauto doesn't become a machinegun. A machinegun, by definition, fires continuously with the trigger held back. The bump stock-equipped semiauto still requires that the trigger be released and re-pulled each time.