"...clarify whether certain bump stock devices are illegal under current law."
"...to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns."
Bump stocks are not illegal under current law. The ATF has explicitly approved their sale and use.
Bump stocks also do not "turn legal weapons into machine guns" per the actual legal definition of "fully automatic."
I'm not trying to be a dick, but you're hearing what you want to hear. This is the exact same thing the NRA did after Las Vegas. It looks like "doing something." Any honest reading of current law excludes bump stocks from qualifying as a full auto conversion. Changing that definition would likely require legislative action, by the pro-gun party, in a midterm election year, and actively appearing to do nothing emboldens the opposing party while actively doing something pisses off the base, the people that are most likely to actually vote in a midterm election.
President Trump isn't calling for a ban on bump stocks. He's shifting the responsibility to DoJ and the ATF.
After today's meeting with the President where he and America listened to the impassioned stories of the various victims, we are most likely going to see changes and semantics won't be a concern because things are about to change.
I'm a gun owner and supporter of the 2nd Amendment so naturally, I have skin in the game too. I've had the opportunity to cover the for America rallies here at our capital, which I covered on my YouTube channel and had the opportunity to meet a lot of our 2nd Amendment leadership at both rallies. You can also read my thoughts on a solution to this issue as well, which I posted the other day.
This isn't some dumb clip vs magazine pissing contest. This is the actual legal definition of an entire class of firearms. Shoving whatever is demanded into the definition renders the definition pointless and carries an enormous potential for abuse.
I'm all for effective, legal changes to how we deter, prevent, and respond to mass shootings. Unilaterally ignoring the actual, literal, current law is absolute nonsense.
"...clarify whether certain bump stock devices are illegal under current law."
"...to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns."
Bump stocks are not illegal under current law. The ATF has explicitly approved their sale and use.
Bump stocks also do not "turn legal weapons into machine guns" per the actual legal definition of "fully automatic."
I'm not trying to be a dick, but you're hearing what you want to hear. This is the exact same thing the NRA did after Las Vegas. It looks like "doing something." Any honest reading of current law excludes bump stocks from qualifying as a full auto conversion. Changing that definition would likely require legislative action, by the pro-gun party, in a midterm election year, and actively appearing to do nothing emboldens the opposing party while actively doing something pisses off the base, the people that are most likely to actually vote in a midterm election.
President Trump isn't calling for a ban on bump stocks. He's shifting the responsibility to DoJ and the ATF.
After today's meeting with the President where he and America listened to the impassioned stories of the various victims, we are most likely going to see changes and semantics won't be a concern because things are about to change.
I'm a gun owner and supporter of the 2nd Amendment so naturally, I have skin in the game too. I've had the opportunity to cover the for America rallies here at our capital, which I covered on my YouTube channel and had the opportunity to meet a lot of our 2nd Amendment leadership at both rallies. You can also read my thoughts on a solution to this issue as well, which I posted the other day.
"Semantics."
You mean the actual law, as written, and applied.
This isn't some dumb clip vs magazine pissing contest. This is the actual legal definition of an entire class of firearms. Shoving whatever is demanded into the definition renders the definition pointless and carries an enormous potential for abuse.
I'm all for effective, legal changes to how we deter, prevent, and respond to mass shootings. Unilaterally ignoring the actual, literal, current law is absolute nonsense.