[usurper]

Actually I support this..

I do as well. I never even heard of a bump stock before this week. I did know that converting semi auto to full is a felony so I assumed these things would be illegal. I guess when ATF issued the regs they screwed this one up to.

Anyway for those criticizing the NRA, we pick the hill we want to die on and this is not a fight the average gun owner thinks is prudent.

[MPB]

...I never even heard of a bump stock before this week. I did know that converting semi auto to full is a felony so I assumed these things would be illegal...

That's what makes banning these a horrible idea... because these do NOT turn a semi-auto into a full auto. It still requires one trigger pull for every round fired. It merely enabled you to pull that trigger faster.

By passing a law to ban "fast trigger pulling" you're essentially saying it's okay for Congress to pass more laws like that. I'm telling ya, they'll pass some feel-good/do-nothing law that forces gun makers to install a rate-limiting device on all new firearms. Sale of pre-2018 rifles will be strictly regulated by the Schumer Amendment and you'll have to get ATF sign-off and pay the tax for your stamp.

Sound like a good idea? No? Then don't let Congress tell us how fast we should be able to pull a trigger, or that's exactly what will happen.

[Ancesthntr]

“I did know that converting semi auto to full is a felony....”

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Yes, it is - unless you are a licensed manufacturer of full autos. So, for all but a very few, it is.

“... so I assumed these things would be illegal. I guess when ATF issued the regs they screwed this one up to.”

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They did NOT screw up. Bump fire devices STILL require that there be one pull of the trigger for each bullet that comes out of the end of the barrel. The works as they do because they allow a person to pull the trigger much faster than you could on your own, because they use the recoil of the gun to allow your finger to rock the trigger back and forth very quickly. It is NOT a full auto, the definition of which is a firearm that fires more than 1 shot per trigger pull.

[Red in Blue PA]

The gun is still semi auto even with a bump stock.

Please educate yourself before posting your nonsense.