Posted on 10/07/2017 1:06:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Wednesday morning, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced legislation banning bump fire stocks — accessories that transform semi-automatic rifles into machine guns.
Already 20 Senate Democrats have co-sponsored the bill and even some wayward Republicans have promised to consider it. If successful, the bill could land on President Trump's desk, and it could become the first new gun control law in decades.
And, more than likely, it could be obsolete.
Bump fire stocks are made from relatively cheap polymers that can be 3-D printed. Hobbyists have posted videos of their homemade stocks in action, at least one manufacturer has actually built 3-D-printed prototypes, and the digital blueprints are already floating around online.
While it's illegal to manufacture new machine guns and especially difficult to purchase a fully automatic rifle under federal law, bump stocks provide an easy hack. Like the one found in the possession of the Las Vegas shooter, the accessory is relatively cheap, pretty easy to install, and completely legal for now. But even if made illegal, they won't be difficult to jury-rig.
To make a semi-automatic rifle fire full-auto requires significant skill. A gunsmith must open up the guts of the gun to lathe, mill, and fabricate for the desired effect. A bump fire stock provides a natural workaround, using the blowback from each shot to "bump" against the shooter's shoulder and rock against their finger to achieve a high rate of fire.
Built commercially, the stocks can theoretically be homemade. It's certainly possible and it may already be happening.....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
They can just outlaw Human Ingenuity and be done with it.
It would work as well as outlawing Murder has.
Question, how many people have been Murdered in Chicago by a Perp using a Bump Stock?
Answer, one less than died in Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile.
Hope not i have one
The Rifleman: The Complete Rifleman Massacre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOPVo5GFY4
I still think that witch needs to be perp-walked out of office.
And you can achieve the same results with your thumb and a belt loop. Would such a law be worded so as to outlaw thumbs and belt loops? It could be without mentioning those dangerous devices directly.
I saw a video of a speed shooter making an automatic sounding weapon of his revolver.
Adds a whole new dimension to my knowledge of "contractors."
well, i’m just saying...
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