Report: President Trump Signing Bump Stock Ban, Citizens Have 90 Days to Turn Them In

BREITBART ^ | 29 November 2018 | Awr Hawkins

[skimbell]

President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will be signing a ban on bump stocks that gives Americans 90 days to hand them over or otherwise dispose of them.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Come and get them with your teeny, tiny hands, Mr. President.

Time for some bump stock devices to get lost in boating accidents. :-)

[suthener]

"The part of the law that is relevant is that you are modifying the gun to fire more than one shot when the trigger is pulled." This is what the ATF originally said about bump stocks: “Since your device does not initiate an automatic firing cycle by a single function of the trigger,” Curtis said, “FTISB finds that it is NOT a machinegun under the [National Firearms Act], or the amended [Gun Control Act].” Unless you know more that the ATF’s Firearms Technology Industry Services Branch your conclusion is simply wrong.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Just do it. No need for them. Common sense.

No thanks. If I owned any, they would be secured in a place where President Trump's teeny, tiny, grasping hands could not find them.

[old-ager]

auto: one function of trigger, multiple functions of bolt and hammer

bump: multiple functions of trigger

[Windflier]

Lawsuit to ensue.

Maybe a conservative circuit court judge will slap an injunction on this. Push it up to the Supreme Court.

Trump is out of line here.

[Windflier]

I would suspect that Trump is going off false info, here.

That's a weak excuse. Even my fourteen year old understands that this is an infringement of the 2nd Amendment.

[KevinB]

I just don’t get why so many people race to be first to post such a poorly thought out strategy, but it never fails.

Uh, it's a joke that has been going on around here for at least five years. You're the first person I can recall who has somehow taken it seriously.

[bruoz]

They also ruled that G_Date FN FALs are machineguns. Then they didn't. They ruled that open bolt Mac 10 and KG-9s were NFA machine guns because they were easily converted to full auto. And yes I do know as much about the functioning of the AR15-M16 platform as the ATF. Now they will say that the use of a bump stock when attached to a AR type semiautomatic firearm can initiate an automatic firing cycle by the single function of the trigger. I understand that the simulated automatic fire is caused by the movement of the trigger being bumped by a stationary finger and is in reality very rapid semi-auto fire. It won't matter. It's like attaching an electric motor to a trigger crank. It substitutes the actual trigger for the auto sear.

Used to be you could legally posses all manner of parts and pieces, like M2 carbine kits as long as they were not installed in your M1. Not any more. You can add the bump stock to the list.

[redfreedom]

I couldn’t agree with you more. What we need is more common sense. In this modern cell phone age and a 911 call, the police, our protectors and servants, will be right there to save us from the knife wielding criminals. They will only have knives because like good little boys, they used common sense and turned in their guns.

And we don’t even need hunting guns, as common sense tells us it’s a whole lot cheaper to go to the grocery store and just buy meat.

I mean, let’s face it, whatever our problems, the government is here to help.

(I’ll spell it out, this is sarcasm)

[Lean-Right]

I found this;

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2475/text/is

But it doesn’t say anything about turning
them in.

[Lean-Right]

From the bill:

(4)Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any lawful transfer or possession of a semiautomatic firearm described in paragraph (1)(C) that—
(A)was lawfully modified and possessed before the date of enactment of this subsection; and
(B)is registered in accordance with paragraph (2).

[DungeonMaster]

Previous post quoting Rahm Emmanuel. “Liberals job is to separate Trump from his supporters”.

[suthener]

“I understand that the simulated automatic fire is caused by the movement of the trigger being bumped by a stationary finger and is in reality very rapid semi-auto fire. It won’t matter.”

If you understand that how can you also say it creates an automatic weapon? The definition of auto is multiple rounds fired with a single trigger pull. Your logic is holding up.

[FLT-bird]

OK. As soon as the government pays me the purchase price for my bump stock, I’ll turn it in.

[Oscar in Batangas]

So do I have to turn in my stiffened trigger finger???

[suthener]

“Your logic is holding up.”

Should be “isn’t holding up”.

[Vermont Lt]

Or just keep that hip concealed. No one needs to know about it, until and unless it is necessary!

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, the truly awful part of this is that it makes it look like more gun “control” is something we all agree on. Nothing could be further from the truth. We all know criminals will always have guns. Gun laws are nothing but a means of government control of citizens.

[sockmonkey]

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/08/trump-almost-finished-with-legal-papers-on-bump-stocks.html

He said it was coming back in March. He just waited until after the midterms.

[RandallFlagg]

Ugh.
Looks like it covers binary triggers, too.
This’ll get shot down in court. I hope.