Anyone who wants a bump stock can make one. It’s not all that hard. A ban might be used as a pretext for a Ruby Ridge-type ATF raid, such as was done on the Weavers, on suspicion of sawing off a shotgun.
Things that can be done by a gun-smith hobbyist shouldn’t be banned. But sometimes you have to give a mugger your wallet. I don’t care enough about bump stocks to fight for them. Just for the sake of shutting them up, I’d throw bump stocks to the wolves.
The only reason the Vegas killer used them was to skirt the current laws/controls on actual auto weapons. It would have possible caused scrutiny that might have "put him on the RADAR" (useless as that has been in stopping the bad guys....)...
You need to read Unintended Consequences. In this case, we do not have a simple mugger but a mafia looking around.
The bump stock does not increase the rate of fire, that is up to the user to do that with the bump stock. They want to ban a fighting technique overall, like the Chinese banned Tai Chi for 300 years. Light triggers will be banned and good bye the foray in gun culture making them attractive to women like the iphone made computers attractive to women.
I don’t care a whit about a bump stock but the proposal does not mention bump or stock, it is very vague and is meant to be vague. Under this legislation a wooden stick or a belt loop might be illegal, not to mention rubber bands or even human hands. It is a perfect example of how the left sneaks things past those who don’t read and don’t consider the implications. You can be certain they know exactly why they don’t want to outlaw only bump stocks but want to be so vague as to outlaw damned near anything.