Trump urges ban on 'bump stocks,' other gun modifiers

http://www.foxnews.com/politic...r-gun-modifiers.html

There are no devices that turn legal semi-automatics into machineguns except machinegun parts like auto-sears and lightening links, which are already regulated.

Tie the definition of these hypothetical devices to the current legal definition of a machinegun and you get exactly nothing new.

But I am ok if gun-grabbers want to go after non-existent devices. Might as well ban devices that can turn a cat into a dog.

If they want to seriously go after slide-fires and such, they're going to have to change the definition of semi-automatic--that I am not ok with.

How about a deal? We can give them bump stocks if they give us Pelosi's retirement.

I'm fine with banning bump stocks specifically. They are dumb.

There better not be any of that 'rate increasing device' BS though...

Other modifications may end up including trigger’s as well, so stay alert on this one!

Well, a bump stock does not turn a gun into a machine gun so they are safe.

Banning features is a bad principle. Remember, these are Progressives.

By banning we're talking about banning of sales, not confiscation, right?

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Originally posted by smschulz:
Well, a bump stock does not turn a gun into a machine gun so they are safe.

This!!!!

I think bump stocks are dumb but I am livid over this. Why do we always have to cave to these assholes? I don’t care how insignificant it is..
We should be gaining freedoms with guns not losing more.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Banning features is a bad principle. Remember, these are Progressives.

Terrible mistake to just give this away. Trump may be a little naïve about these gun grabbers.

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Originally posted by P229 357SIG Man:
By banning we're talking about banning of sales, not confiscation, right?

In the US laws ordering confiscation are rare, if not nonexistent. If there is no “grandfather” provision, the statues usually just say that the item cannot be possessed after a certain date. How the owner divests himself of the prohibited item is then up to him within whatever other provisions of the law there may be.

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Originally posted by Scurvy:
I'm fine with banning bump stocks specifically. They are dumb.

There better not be any of that 'rate increasing device' BS though...

Agreed. I am okay with this. I am also okay if they ban binary triggers.

I also saw some mention of raising the age to purchase ARs from 18 to 21 perhaps like handguns. None of these changes bother me but that’s probably because they don’t affect me.

I am just concerned about the potential for scope creep with banning things...

Also 'strengthening background checks'

Surely, we will see some reactionary legislation in some states as well.

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Also 'strengthening background checks'

Except what they mean is so called universal background checks. That is defacto registration. You don't want that.

I don't like ANY of this, as once you open the door it leads to even more regulation and things getting slipped into it at the last minute.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Surely, we will see some reactionary legislation in some states as well.

I was glad to see the Florida legislature immediately killed the 'assault weapon ban' that was being proposed...Despite the left using children as pawns in their disgusting attempt to ram it thru.

The idea of banning anything is wrong. We already have enough regulations to choke a horse.

Banning isn't going to stop another mass killing. People who are inherently law abiding are not the problem.