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President trump is jeopardizing his entire presidency with this announcement. I have supported the president since before he even announced he was a candidate but this is not what I voted for. Yes he is extremely good at politics and this could be a head fake but in my opinion even a head fake along these lines could lose the majority in the midterms and this party will be over before it even got started. The reality is Jeff Sessions and the DOJ can do NOTHING legal to stop the sale of these "devices" because quite simply they are not illegal per the LAW. Any federal regulations as such can immediately be challenged in court and if we are a nation of laws they will be thrown out.

Before uninformed among us jump in saying bump stocks are stupid I want to point out he also said "ALL DEVICES" that turn legal weapons into machine guns. First no device turns a firearm into a machine gun that is not already covered and highly regulated by the NFA. The reason we have legal other devices is precisely because they DO NOT turn a semi auto into a machine gun, hence they are legal.

So what we are really talking about is regulation on SHOOTING FAST. This would include light triggers made for precision shooting. Adjustable triggers or even triggers that have a pull weight of less than 20lbs for example which would make it impossible to fire quickly. Bump stocks, binary triggers, trigger cranks, very light weight target triggers, experienced shooters with lighting fast fingers DO NOT PER THE LETTER OF THE LAW turn a semi auto into a machine gun. This is the reason the BATF's hands are tied and MUST approve them and cannot regulate them.

The President needs to meet with Sessions and make an announcement that the LAW would need to be changed in order to regulate any of these devices and advise he does not support such law as it violates the second amendment.

In my opinion this could spell the end of the Trump presidency if some kind of onerous unconstitutional regulation comes out of this administration. The president will lose a major portion of his base and even those that are on the fence will begin to lose faith. The mid terms are coming. The second amendment is as sacred as the first and cannot be bargained with in any way without dire consequences.

....”President trump is jeopardizing his entire presidency with this announcement”...

Well the fact you began with the above statement says you’re unwilling to hear what they want even.......Trump cannot sit back as if nothings happened, nor close his ears to those who are hurting by looking unnerved by these events happening in our country.... Saying he’s “open” is a good thing......

Further tell me why a student under 21 yrs. old needs a “fast firing” gun?

“The President needs to meet with Sessions and make an announcement that the LAW would need to be changed in order to regulate any of these devices and advise he does not support such law as it violates the second amendment.”

Reading the exact wording of the memo, I think it is set up precisely for Sessions to conclude—as he must, and as the Obama administration did—that current federal law does not authorize the executive to outlaw bump stocks. I think this is just an elaborate punt.