The Supreme Court just effectively legalized machine guns

MSN ^ | June 14, 2024 | Ian Millhiser

[NFHale]

Machine guns are already legal to own.

[DoodleBob]

Ian Millhiser is an American legal journalist and senior correspondent for Vox. He previously wrote for ThinkProgress as a columnist and worked as a senior constitutional policy analyst at the Center for American Progress. His writings appeared in a diversity of legal and mainstream publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, U.S. News and World Report, The Guardian, AOLNews, The American Prospect, Politico, Huffington Post, Slate, The National Law Journal, The Yale Law & Policy Review, and The Duke Law Journal. He has been a guest on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazerra, and Fox News, and many radio stations including NPR and the BBC.

[Skooz]

Bump stocks and machine guns are two entirely different things. Good lord, the MSM is stoopid.

[alternatives?]

Given the price of ammo what use is a but stock?

[Sooth2222]

A 1986 law makes it a crime to own a “machinegun"

The National Firearms Act of 1934 requires a $200 tax on machine guns.

The Firearm Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 limits machine guns to government agencies, and to those machine guns lawfully owned before the effective date of the prohibition. The Act prohibits civilian sales of newly manufactured machine guns.

It is not a Federal crime to own a legally owned machine gun, but it costs a lot of money, because the supply is limited to those legally owned prior to 1986. (In 1986 I should have invested my pension money in machine guns instead of stocks.)

[FreedomPoster]

I’ve seen people empty an AK mag in seconds using their index finger and proper handling of the weapon. You sort of pull the weapon into the finger, it fires, recoil resets the trigger group, you’re pulling the weapon back onto the finger, it all happens fast. It isn’t accurate, but it can be done.

[Racketeer]

Yes, it was an assassination attempt that failed with many active shooters.

[SaxxonWoods]

“Given the price of ammo what use is a but stock?”

Some people like the experience. Whatever.

A Texan told me they are a temporary “DEE-vice” that will teach you how to transition to rapid fire using just your shoulder. He also said they are as easy to make as a slingshot, so “why woodja bother with outlawin’ ‘em?”

[smokingfrog]

Hey, can somebody please fact check this?
I think this dude may be missing some vital information about how firearms actually work.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I wish.

[simi_ed]

Apparently the “journalists” at VOX stepped in a pile of ____. The comments are running about 99-1 against the author, the title, and the content of the article. The only agreement seems to be the closing, that the law is ambiguous at best. Sounds like a complete misfire, as if they were using a bump stock. How fitting!

Ed

[Texas resident]

The bump stock thing was used as a cover for the Las Vegas killer. We still don’t know any details about the shooter or if he/she was ever caught/arrested/tried. This was a shiny object to distract the public while the FBI has hidden all evidence on the killing.

[rdcbn1]

Fully automatic fire is highly over rated.

[flamberge]

I once inadvertently bump fired a Glock 17 pistol using a rigid hand grip that did not include proper tightening of fingers or a deep trigger pull.

Oops!

It's a really bad technique and terribly inaccurate. Not recommended at all. Won't do that again.

[nickcarraway]

Weren’t bump stocks fully legal until Trump made them illegal?

[KC_Conspirator]

They did? Where the hell do I sign up for my crew served?

[flamberge]

We still don’t know any details about the shooter or if he/she was ever caught/arrested/tried.

We still do not know how many shooters were used in that incident, or who actually shot the "lone gunman" blamed for it.

As you say, the bump stock idea promoted in the Las Vegas incident was merely a distractor to misdirect the public.

[Gene Eric]

The investigating sheriff suddenly went mum on his findings of this peculiar case.

[MV=PY]

You can rapid fire a single action revolver by holding the trigger and “fanning” the hammer.

Is that a machine gun?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7XR1L7NPI

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The six Republican justices handed down a decision on Friday that effectively legalizes civilian ownership of automatic weapons.

Oh cool! Of course that is the case anyway, you have to a special stamp which is really expensive but owning automatic weapons as a civilian is totally legal.

As long as you are not POOR.

Only rich people should be able to defend themselves.

Of course this is not what this ruling did but I had an extra case of sarcasm that is about to expire so I thought I would use it.