Posted on 10/04/2017 7:28:48 PM PDT by mdittmar
Legislation would ban, among other devices, the bump stocks used in the Las Vegas mass shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and a number of their Senate colleagues introduced the Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act, a bill to close a deadly loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire at the rate of automatic weapons, which have been illegal for more than 30 years.
In addition to Senators Murray and Cantwell, cosponsors include Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ed Markey (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bob Casey (D-PA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Its past time this Congress pursued common sense policies to address the rampant gun violence in this country, and this legislation is a good place to start, said Murray. Like so many people Ive heard from over the past few days, I refuse to believe the politics are just too tough to do whatever is possible to prevent another senseless, horrific mass shooting like we just saw in Las Vegas.
We must close this loophole that allows the sale of devices to convert guns into unlawful automatic weapons meant for war zones, said Cantwell.
Under the National Firearms Act, the sale, manufacture and transfer of automatic weapons are illegal. However, bump stocks, slide fire devices, and other similar accessories can be attached to semi-automatic weapons, allowing them to reach fully-automatic rates of fire.
Semi-automatic rifles typically have a rate of fire between 45 and 60 rounds per minute. However, bump stocks or other similar devices increase the semi-automatic rifle's rate of fire between 400 and 800 rounds per minute.
This bill would ban the sale, transfer, importation, manufacture or possession of bump stocks, trigger cranks and similar accessories that accelerate a semi-automatic rifles rate of fire.
The bill also makes clear that its intent is to include only those accessories that increase a semi-automatic rifles rate of fire. Legitimate accessories used by hunters would be exempt. The bill also contains exceptions for lawful possession of these devices by law enforcement and the government.
Senators Murray and Cantwell continue to support common sense proposals for reducing gun violence, such as background checks on private sales for gun purchasers.
“Banning possession of Slide Fires legally purchased would be an unconstitutional ex post facto law.”
In old America that was under that old fashioned Constitution document, that would have been true. New America plays a game of sophistry where the game is that the government can do anything, but you have to make a silly argument that “explains” why its constitutional. They hope to soon abandon that part of the game.
No, that’s a parrot. Yarrrrrrrrr.
Automatic Gunfire Protection Act
Are they going to ban rubber bands too?
Well,I’ll email patty,she knows.
A spring loaded stock that uses recoil generated from firing to push the gun forward thus pushing the trigger against the finger in such a way that it generates a faster rate of fire than just pulling the trigger rapidly.
I short, it simulates automatic fire using s semiautomatic weapon, and it takes practice to be able to use reliably.
Are you asking me what a bump stock is?
Anyone buying one of those things, at least a Slide Fire, received an opinion from the BATF that the device was perfectly legal.
You’re right though. They are experts in squaring circles. As usual our distinguished senators require schooling in Con Law I if they seek to make something legal, illegal.
Machine guns were never made illegal at the federal level. This shooter could legally have bought one if he wanted to spend in excess of $10 and invest many months going thru the process. Sen Murray as usual, doesn't know what she's talking about.
To say nothing of banning semi-autos previously purchased.
No,Senator Patty Murray knows what it is.
“Whats a gun stock?”
It good for making gun soup...like beef or chicken stock.
WHAT? "Law enforcement and the government" are permitted to have all the fully automatic weapons that they might want right now. I can't imagine that any agent of "law enforcement and the government" would actually want one of these things.
Murray’s ‘statement’ is full of misstatements.
That didn’t take long for the idiots to find a cause to latch onto.
Yea,those are bad,the whole stock thing.
When 100 people die in a plane crash. Do the Democrats demand an end to civilian air travel?
When 50 million die of abortion - do they demand an end to sex
They just throw sh*t out there. It doesn’t have to be Constitutional, lawful, correct,work or even make sense.
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