Posted on 03/28/2019 9:37:54 AM PDT by Jyotishi
Supreme Court won't stop Trump administration's bump stock ban originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
The Supreme Court will not stop the Trump administration's ban on bump stocks from going into effect, it was announced on Thursday.
The ban on bump stocks was announced by the Justice Department in December 2018 and took effect on Tuesday. On Monday, the Supreme Court was considering an emergency request from Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League to stay the ban while cases challenging it were appealed.
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Of course not. It plays into the leftist’ hands
Time to stock up on Rubber Bands and Springs.
Who expects justice in this country anymore?
And Y-shaped twigs.
Will I have to give up my belt??
It is rare for a case to be granted an emergency stay so don’t read too much into this. The case is still going forward.
The whole bump stock thing was a red herring anyway. Serious gun enthusiasts think they are stupid. It was one of the rare Trump Caving moments, where he gave up, for all intentions, nothing. Bump stocks are amusing - but dangerous - toys, used primarily to wildly spray a lot of ammo in a fairly short period of time.
Well stated!
You are wrong. It is much more than a red herring. It is unconditional and a terrible precedent. Trump gets zero benefit from doing it. It was a stupid playing checkers not 4 d chess move. The Bump Stocks utility/effectiveness is irrelevant. It is NOT a machine gun. Arbitrarily calling it one and outlawing it is egregious. Had Obama done it, there would be universal outrage on the right. Trump does a lot right but he effed up big time on this.
Unconstitutional ( auto correct )
This is true.
The Trump Administration's direction to the ATF to reclassify bump stocks, with the NRA's help, was an attempt to fend off more onerous legislation that was being generated that would potentially have banned not only bump stocks, but also any trigger modifications from factory specs whatsoever.
I understand why it was done, but I still wholeheartedly disagree with the move. It sets a dangerous precedence that anything that the ATF has previously approved through a determination letter can be rescinded at any time. Next on the list: Arm Stabilization Braces. There is wholesale circumventing of the SBR laws with AR "pistols" with stabilizing braces that for all intents and purposes are SBRs without an NFA tax stamp.
Also on the hit list: Binary triggers and trigger cranks.
Well said.
Guess they should ban super chargers and turbo kits on sports cars....I mean, if it saves one life and all...….
Exactly. And all the bellyaching about this ban is a waste of energy. Bump-stocks are a joke; and, as you aptly stated, the issue was a throw-away red herring from the get-go.
Old bicycle inner tubes, too.
That was my take on them too, but I’m going to have to mention here that I had never heard of them until the Las Vegas shooting, at least not to my knowledge.
It would seem to me it would be very hard to keep the gun on target with the bumping.
I haven’t considered them to be that necessary to my gun rights, but then those that are enthusiasts have a right to be dissenters on this.
I’m generally a very pro gun rights individual and don’t want to see any new laws enacted.
California practically wants a urine sample before you use your gun these days.
Bump
Ban all liquor, so nobody can drink and drive. Give 16-year-olds the vote and make 14 the age of consent, and legalize marriage for cousins of the same sex. If it was good enough for Jerry Lee Lewis, why not to gay teenage cousins. And legalize driving for 12 year olds. And dogs. Animal rights. And ban anything that is not specifically permitted, and permit anything not specifically banned! Yahoo! I’m kookoo for coacoapuffs!
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