Posted on 12/18/2018 8:16:12 AM PST by GIdget2004
The Trump administration is officially banning bump-fire stocks, senior Justice Department officials told CNN Tuesday.
Under a new federal rule, those who possess the devices, commonly known as bump stocks, will get 90 days to turn them in from the date that the final rule is published in the federal register, which is likely Friday, the officials said.
Bump stocks gained national attention last year after a gunman in Las Vegas rigged his weapons with the devices to fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people. President Donald Trump vowed to outlaw the devices soon after the tragedy, and some lawmakers on Capitol Hill urged him to back a permanent legislative fix.
But opposition from lawmakers and the National Rifle Association ultimately made a regulatory change the only realistic path forward to accomplishing the President's goal.
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Most people don’t want an AR-15. Should we ban those?
Tell me what practical use a bump stock serves.
Not at all.
There is no Constitutional test for “usefulness.”
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Ohhhhh really!! Somebody should tell the liberal activist judges who continually ignore the US Constitution and simply rule based on what they personally want and desire instead.
What practical purpose does your speech serve, such as your post? Why not ban it?
I asked a legitimate question. Your question serves no practical purpose.
Precisely, my good FRiend.
I never even heard of them until the Las Vegas tragedy.
I don't think that the majority of us gun owners want to make a 2A stand that hinges on something that the general public associates with mayhem, and that serve little or no purpose for us.
(I have taken the precaution of donning my asbestos undies, as some here might politely disagree.)
LOL. That's right, that's just what the liberals like to think and say. Thanks for reminding me of that salient point. After all who even bothers to abide by the US Constitution or the Bill of Rights anymore in these troubling times?
I understand all that but that does not answer my question.
Right on!
I know that. I stand by my question.
We haven’t been a constitutional republic since the early 1900’s some say late 1800’s after the industrial revolution. But anyways, thanks for your comment, it is duly noted.
“Legitimate” is in the eye of the beholder. To me, your question serves no purpose. But as we believe in the Constitution here, 2nd Amendment rights and the Freedom of Speech, regardless if they serve any purpose, are very important to us.
2. What kind of mushroom are you?
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Please explain that question. I’m waiting.
Correct. My late brother legally owned three (or more) of them, machine gun's, along with a few noise suppressors (aka silencers). Regulated but not illegal. He was a firearms collector or rather a connoisseur of finely made and sometimes rare firearms and was a trader who was properly licensed. I always loved perusing his large collection of them and going to the range with him.
Mama always taught me that "where's there a will there is a way". Also sometimes also known as "necessity is the mother of invention".
Didn't think about that.
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