I was going to send the NRA a hundred bucks tonight, but I’m going to send it to GOA instead.
Do we have proof the shooter used a bump stock?
Yeah, they kinda do.
https://youtu.be/yTSNscULt28?t=206
https://youtu.be/Uo4kFzECXGs?t=49
https://youtu.be/pqxoiAjSrAU?t=50
https://youtu.be/ax5TM6DooQY?t=212
Seriously, keep your eye on that ball that’s trying to go by: the Paddock Case. It’s looking more suspicious and more like international involvement by the day and will have more effect on legislation than the talk about the bumpy butt stocks. Demand the right answers unconditionally.
sounds like another gun control compromise has been reached. The Democrats will get exactly what they want and, in return, we will get exactly what the Democrats want.
I’ve given my last cent to the NRA.
Process this, Anon.
Las Vegas Shooter Targeted Secret Government Planes In Addition To Victims
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3592285/posts
[And not with TORposting!]
It may be a smart move by the NRA, as they called for a review of the device by ATF. I heard last night that it was Zero’s ATF that had OK’ed the stock in 2010.
Bump Stocks!!!? That is all that the gun grabbers wanted in just a little bit of wiggle room to get their show started.
NRA, are you going to sell us out on EVERYTHING now?
First, the stupid "Carry Guard" nonsense where you back-stab your members who are in the business, and now you back-stab American companies who are making bump-fire stocks?
They're in bed with the enemy.
One thing that I have always adored about Free republic is the vast quantity of thoughtful and informed analysis and information about a multiplicity of subjects. I am EXTREMELY disappointed about much of the bumpfire stock controversy. Much of it sounds has though it was promulgated by the ignorant gun grabbing left.
I am a 2 tour Vietnam infantry combat veteran, and a member of the Illinois National guard for 26 years, to include service in Iraq and the first Gulf War. I was a certified Illinois State Police Firearms and Defensive tactics instructor, and a member of Special Reaction and SWAT teams. I have fired hundreds of thousands of rounds through automatic weapons of all types, belt fed and shoulder mounted, ranging from .45 caliber M-3 sub machine guns up to M2A1 40 mm twin anti-aircraft guns mounted on an M-42 self propelled anti-aircraft gun.
I am retired and spend one day a month on the rifle range shooting my AR-15 rifles. When this slide fire device was first introduced, the low cost and novelty intrigued me and I purchased one. It was a bit awkward to use at first, but in one afternoon, after a bit of practice I was able to get 90% of any length burst on a man sized target at 75 yards, which is close to the normal engagement ranges for truly effective full auto fire from shoulder mounted weapons. It is not as useful has a true selective fire assault rifle since it requires two hands to employ, but it DOES have some measure of limited tactical utility for anyone who practices with it. I never really considered this item to be a true tactical instrument, but I did appreciate the ingenuity and thought that went into turning “bump fire’ into almost as accurate a technique has I could use with a true select fire assault rifle.
The battle has been joined. The anti-gun hysterics are in full cry. They will never satisfied until they achieve near total firearm confiscation. The genie is out of the bottle. You cannot stop psychopaths employing bump fire methods unless you can repeal the laws of Newtonian physics. I realize that some sort of regulation will ensue in the wake of this horrific atrocity. But I don’t like it one damn bit.
If they do this, then they should compromise by repealing the 1986 Hughes Act which caused the prices of full auto weapons to skyrocket. There is NO REASON for a legally transferable M-16 to cost over 50,000 dollars. You can be assured that any such owner will be thoroughly vetted by the background check that would be required to purchase one.
I love vindication.
Left the NRA years ago and never looked back.
A well organized militia should be able to obtain every type of weapon the military has. Heavy artillery especially.
A bump fire stock is NOT required to simulate an automatic rifle. It is a technique that can be used on almost any semi automatic firearm. Search for videos about bump firing on youtube and you’ll see all sorts of firearms being bump fired including pistols, shotguns, M1 Garands, M1 carbines, AK47s and many more with the standard stock. You can even use a shoestring or rubber band to assist. What I am afraid of is the legislation to be so open ended that a guy with a rubber band in his pocket is going to be arrested and charged with a felony of having an illegal device to enhance the firing rate of the firearm. Any legislation proposed would have to have very concise language restricting ONLY bump fire stocks and not “any device” and I really don’t trust politicians to do that.