Posted on 03/23/2018 2:39:34 PM PDT by Simon Green
President Trump on Friday announced that the Department of Justice would issue a new rule banning bump stocks.
In a tweet, Trump announced that he was directing DOJ to reverse a 2010 decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) that classified bump stocks as firearm parts so the devices could be banned under current laws that prohibit owning fully automatic weapons.
Trump blamed the legalization of bump stocks on the Obama administration.
"Obama Administration legalized bump stocks. BAD IDEA. As I promised, today the Department of Justice will issue the rule banning BUMP STOCKS with a mandated comment period. We will BAN all devices that turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns," Trump tweeted.
The decision Friday follows a letter sent by GOP senators in October urging the administration to review the decision after a mass shooter used the device in killing 58 people at a country music concert in Las Vegas.
Bump stocks are used to modify semi-automatic weapons so they mimic automatic counterparts.
"Unfortunately, we are all now keenly aware of how this device operates and believe that this renewed review and determination will keep our citizens safe and ensure that federal law is enforced," the nine Republicans wrote last year.
Fully automatic weapons have been banned in the U.S. since 1986, but bump stocks were described by the ATF in 2010 as "a firearm part and is not regulated as a firearm under the Gun Control Act or the National Firearms Act.
I’ve been told my rapid fire sounds just like an M16. That’s all I needed to hear!
New York Values ...
just sayin'
Ha!
Student protest in DC Saturday. I wonder if we will see any signs thanking him for this. Honestly never heard of a bumpstock b4 Vegas.
What about a Trump DOJ order to fire and prosecute all FISA abusers?
Start with the DAG. Take away his dinner privileges with the AG. Fire him, then prosecute him.
IMPEACH this bitch now!!! At least progressives are up front with their goal to enslave us all.
Probably not. The left's hate for Trump is irrational. They should thank him for this, though. He has done more for them than 0bama ever did.
The DUmp would be lovin’ Trump today if they were rational.
Jus’ sayin’.
He’s gonna build the Wall using confiscated bump stocks.
Trump is making Obama look like a card-carrying NRA member.
Good question.
Is it Sessions disobeying a direct order from the President
Sessions takes Trump's orders as "suggestions". I'm serious. He has used that word to describe what Trump wants done.
He probably thought that rolling out a gun ban would help us forget about the spending bill.
Don't worry. It's really 4-D chess and all that.
Honestly never heard of a bumpstock b4 Vegas.
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Me neither and I have had guns for fifty years. I just move my finger really fast if I want to waste ammo.
No, there's a wall. Page 376 of the spending bill allocates funds for the border security of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia.
Bump stocks are more of a technique than an actual tool. A belt loop will do....or just holding it a certain way.
Is this Trump’s “read my lips” Waterloo?
Who is advising Trump? I am fine with the bump stock ban, but when your base is already demoralized by the disastrous omnibus, you don’t do this today. The people most opposed to this are in his base. Also pushing DACA (which many in your base don’t like) today as the reason you aren’t happy with the omnibus is not the right way to go. I think he is trying to get voters from the Hispanic community who support DACA (which isn’t a monolith as there are Hispanics who voted for Trump), but that’s not going to happen. They know the reason the Democrats aren’t voting for DACA is because they want to give amnesty to all 11 million including DACA relatives, so they will still vote Democrat.
Yep, and they still hate him. Read his Twitter comments. They aren’t grateful. Anytime he seems to be backtracking on something that is for his base that they would like, you’d think they’d thank him, but they don’t. They taunt his base that they were betrayed. They will never like Trump. We like Trump and will fight for Trump, and today was a terrible day for us.
Yeah, be sure to vote in the primaries. That will show them.
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