Trump administration to announce final bump stock ban

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/politics/final-bump-stock-ban/index.html

I thought they already had . So this is looking like they plan to use regulations to ban the bump/slide fire stock . There seems to be two problems with going this route rather then legislatively . First would be that this issue had already come up several years ago and the ATF deemed them to be legal . How ever now they seemed to have changed there minds . I'd assume when the law suite is filed they will use the ATF's own words against them as to why they should not be regulated

the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ……... to conclude that it’s merely a gun accessory or firearm part, not subject to federal regulation.
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The other thing that comes to mind and I figure we'll need to actually see the text but the article indicates the current legal owners of these items will be forced to turn them in or destroy them .

Under the new rule, bump stock owners would be required to destroy or surrender the devices to authorities. Members of the public will be given 90 days to turn in or otherwise discard their bump stocks, according to a source familiar with the final rule.
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This would seem like another reason to file a law suite on 4th amendment grounds ?
 
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CA has a law tied up in the courts right now banning magazines that hold more then ten rounds . The ban it self , although bad IMO , also requires the legal owners of such items to turn them in , destroy them or sell them out of state some how ( internet I assume ) . This is being challenged on 4th amendment grounds and along other grounds I'm sure .
 
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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.
The devices make it easier to fire rounds from a semi-automatic weapon by harnessing the gun's recoil to "bump" the trigger faster -- an operation that caused officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives during the Obama administration to conclude that it's merely a gun accessory or firearm part, not subject to federal regulation.
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At Trump's direction, however, the Justice Department submitted a proposed final rule earlier this year that upended the Obama-era interpretation, and concluded that bump-fire stocks, "slide-fire" devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics all fall within the prohibition on machine guns by allowing a "shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger," and therefore, they are illegal under federal law
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Seems surprising to me...
 
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Not surprising at all. Let's stick with the decision and it's implication.

Discussing the pros and cons of the Donald outside of the legal issue - I don't want to moderate that. Plenty of other fora to do that.
 
I assume the law would cover binary-triggers also. Bump stocks are about $100 but binary-triggers are $400+

That's a big monetary determent for compliance, especially for BT's.
 
So where would those crank devices you used to see for Ruger 22s fit in? Or the Gatling gun version of the two Ruger 10/22s?
 
The structure of our government is that the President enforces law but doesn't create law. It's really the job of the legislature to deal with this, not the President.

Or maybe I'm too simple-minded to understand why it's okay for the Executive Branch to take this kind of action......... Unless it's to direct the bureaucracy of the BATF to do THEIR job.

--Wag--
 
"shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger," and therefore, they are illegal under federal law
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Anyone else see the gaping flaw in this???
 
A semi-auto with a bump stock fires only once with each pull of the trigger. A binary-trigger semi-auto fires when the trigger is pulled & then when it is released. Still only one pull of the trigger. That's why the BATF said they were okay to begin with.
 
Anyone else see the gaping flaw in this???
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I'd think maybe this word

"shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger," and therefore, they are illegal under federal law
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And the fact you can't have a semiauto firearm shoot continuously with one pull of the trigger by definition . But hey CA does not seem to care what the definition is of things . They simply change what the definition is then ban the new definition .

The problem I see with changing the definition of automatic weapon . They may instantly change many firearms into NFA items with out even realizing it .
 
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I look at it a bit differently. Its not the "semiautomatic" part that bothers me, its "initiate a continuous firing cycle".

Now, just what the hell is that???

It seems to ignore the simple and obvious fact that the trigger is pulled EACH time, for each shot.

The chief defining factor in the legal definition of an automatic weapon is being able to fire more than one shot with a single trigger pull/operation.
Bump fire DOES NOT DO THAT! The trigger is pulled for each and every shot.

There are two cases I have heard of (though I cannot cite them, and they may just be urban legend, but the logic still holds, even if they are...) involving home made Tommy guns. The first was a guy who made a perfect replica Tommy Gun, all the parts including the chambered and rifled barrel were made of wood. Only the springs were metal.

Charges brought, illegal full auto firearm...
Defense was simply the legal definition, being able to fire more than one round with a single trigger pull. Case dismissed, as a wooden gun will not survive firing the first round, and so cannot fire MORE than one round for a single pull of the trigger.

Second case was a genius modeler. Made a Tommy Gun, wood and metal, perfect scale replica of the original, the entire gun was about 4 inches long.

Again, (and against all reason it seems) charges were brought, but dismissed, because the gun could not fire more than one round, no ammo small enough exists!

Re-classifying a semi auto into a full auto "that initiates with a single trigger pull" is just wrong. Seems like re-classifying a car into boat because both initiate by turning an ignition key or pushing button...:rolleyes:

Much as I hate to give the Obama administration credit for anything, their ATF got it right when they said bump fire stocks were not regulated under existing NFA law.

The "right" way to do it, if it must be done, is for CONGRESS to write a specific law (or specific change to existing law) and get it passed through the normal legislative process.

Banning them through a regulatory definition change is the WRONG way to do it. It's actually bad government.

And, don't we have more than enough of that, already?? ;)
 
Making this change by regulation is a bad government practice. Regulatory agencies doing flip flops on legal interpretations makes it difficult for people to follow the law and decreases respect for those laws. Additionally, it opens up potential for abuse in an area of law that is already beset by vague, poorly drafted statutes, and awkward technical details.

And of course, when you get down to it, the problem is they are asking ATF to ban devices that assist people in pulling the trigger on a semi-automatic firearm too quickly, without defining what “too quickly” is. That’s a camel’s whole hind end in the tent, not a nose.
 
kiss your AKs and ARs good bye.

It doesn't take a bump stock to rapid fire one.
Before bump stocks, people were hooking their belts to the trigger and then of course,
if you push the rifle with the fore grip you can rapid fire a stock AR with no modification at all... they will easily connect the dots and accurately claim that every semi- IS an automatic by this definition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RdAhTxyP64
 
After all these years of gun ownership and supporting gun rights and all of that, I’m just going to stop having any concern about it all. ARs and other semiautomatic firearms will be banned at some point in the future. I will obey all laws to the best of my ability and get rid of anything I’m required to get rid of. I don’t want to inadvertently break the law just because some moved the goal posts.
Most of our power structure is against us owning guns. A few more election cycles and it will be done. One state at a time, radical extremists are winning elections. Won’t be long until flyover country is taken over too.
I hear lots of “come and take it” and “cold dead fingers” and “the constitution” along with every other 2nd amendment slogan... but the reality is that most people will simply comply or hide their guns rendering them essentially useless anyway.
I’ll vote the way I vote, but I will also comply with any laws that come out in the future.
 
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After all these years of gun ownership and supporting gun rights and all of that, I’m just going to stop having any concern about it all. ARs and other semiautomatic firearms will be banned at some point in the future. I will obey all laws to the best of my ability and get rid of anything I’m required to get rid of. I don’t want to inadvertently break the law just because some moved the goal posts.
Most of our power structure is against us owning guns. A few more election cycles and it will be done. One state at a time, radical extremists are winning elections. Won’t be long until flyover country is taken over too.
I hear lots of “come and take it” and “cold dead fingers” and “the constitution” along with every other 2nd amendment slogan... but the reality is that most people will simply comply or hide their guns rendering them essentially useless anyway.
I’ll vote the way I vote, but I will also comply with any laws that come out in the future.
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I agree with you rickyrick & I've said as much to my friends & family. I argue against it. I don't like it. I don't want it to be true. But federal gun control is coming to America & it's just a matter of time. So enjoy it while you can. I hope that this basic American freedom will at least last the rest of my lifetime. But at 67 years old, I won't bet on that.
 
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