The libs have been screaming to ban something. Of all the things Trump COULD have considered banning, bump stocks are almost certainly the least objectionable.
He can say he did "something" about gun control, and almost no real shooter will be inconvenienced.
Rocky,
That was unexpected. Do you mean to say those who choose to own/install/use a "bumpstock" are not "real" shooters?
Hopefully just a faux pas?
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Geno, that's exactly what I meant. It is my opinion that real shooters are interested in accuracy, not in emptying a magazine as quickly as possible. And conversely, that people who just want to make the fastest possible blamblamblam are not real shooters.
So how many of you have actually read the memo? He does not order the banning of bump stocks. He ask the DOJ to tell the ATF to continue with its review previous rulings in bump stocks and to consider and review the comments it got as part of that process and issue an opinion as to the legality of bump stocks within the regulations as written. Then, he directs the DOJ to make sure to regulate all devices that turn legal firearms into illegal machine guns.
It is far short of a specific directive to ban bump stocks.
So how many of you have actually read the memo? He does not order the banning of bump stocks. He ask the DOJ to tell the ATF to continue with its previous rulings in bump stocks and to review the comments it got and issue an opinion as to the legality of bump stocks within the regulations as written. Then, he directs the DOJ to make sure to regulate all devices that turn legal firearms into illegal machine guns.
It is far short of a specific directive to ban bump stocks.
As someone said previously, it's Fake News. Imagine that...
As of now i don't own one but it would be a fun tool to have just for fun.
I know that there are a bunch of folks that see no use for them but if things like this get banned and made illegal,WHAT WILL THEY DO THE NEXT TIME!!!!
I also know some folks that think they are a waste of money/ammo and for whatever reason they can come up with,Just because you don't want/like them doesn't mean that others do. Banning them won't keep someone from killing. Just my 2 cents worth.
If the ATF ruled that a shoestring turned a Garand into a machine gun, I’ve never understood how bump stocks made it through the process. Approving them was so out of character for the Obama administration, I think they may have just done it hoping that someone would use one in a massacre. It would certainly fit with the way they acted in Fast and Furious.
