Posted on 10/05/2017 11:34:15 AM PDT by DCBryan1
The powerful National Rifle Association on Thursday backed "additional regulations" on devices that boost semi-automatic weapons' firing rates, like the tools used by the shooter in the Las Vegas massacre.
In a statement, the influential gun rights group's Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox urged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to review the legality of so-called bump stocks. They stopped short of pushing Congress to pass a bill banning or regulating the devices.
Still, the NRA's support for more regulation of bump stocks could give Republican lawmakers more breathing room to pass a bill regulating them.
The statement came as bipartisan momentum for regulating the devices built on Capitol Hill.
Asked about the growing momentum for a ban on bump stocks, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president is "open to having that conversation," but stressed that Trump is "a strong supporter of the Second Amendment," and that any discussion of gun laws is premature.
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“Instead of banning them how about we just increase the penalty for commit a crime with such devices on your weapons????”
That’s not much of a deterrent against those who aren’t fazed by the fact that they may get the death penalty for killing someone in the first place.
Banning a firearm because you can shoot quickly is like banning round tires because it allows cars to travel faster, hence, able to kill more people.
THANK YOU!!!
You are the first poster here who is THINKING about strategy to defeat the left rather than so many conservatives who think the NRA is selling them out.
I love FR, but the members who feed on our own over these purity issues are the problem, not the solution.
The NRA agreed that bump-stocks should be given a regulatory review. They know that the Obama ATF approved these for sale. They just want it to come out for everyone to see.
But, because the NRA is not "perfect" we spend more time assailing them than getting on this strategy to embarrass the regulatory left.
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