GOA in court re bumpstock-ban - interesting

[bblhd672]

Mr Cotten said (paraphrasing) after the Vegas shooting, it took the stress off guns and onto the bump stock.

Its pretty much true....

No it isn’t. Show me where the left has backed off guns.

The Las Vegas shooting focus is bump stocks, otherwise you are quite correct.

Bump stocks are the government's "look over there!" to shift focus from what actually happened in Vegas. There still has not been one shred of evidence made public that bump stocks were used.

[bblhd672]

Mr Cotten said (paraphrasing) after the Vegas shooting, it took the stress off guns and onto the bump stock.

Its pretty much true....

No it isn’t. Show me where the left has backed off guns.

The left has been even more emboldened in their efforts to remove all firearms from law abiding citizens.

[Grumpy1993]

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile.

[Grumpy1993]

Well if I am the one vote Trump loses by, I have no issue with that. If some people think that makes me an idiot, that's okay too. I doubt I will be solely responsible for the downfall of the GOP, that ship sailed years ago, and im as guilty as anyone else for voting for the "less bad" party in the past. No more. I will vote for the person that I think is best suited for the position considering my values, regardless of party affiliation.

Not to beleaguer the issue but do I understand you correctly: Because of the bump stock ban, no matter any other factor, you are compelled on principle to prefer ANY candidate over Trump, including any likely progressive gun grabber?

1 + 1 = 7

[Soccerdad1995]

So, overnight many people I know became felons by doing absolutely nothing.

And our current President has just earned the honor of ordering the forfeiture of more guns than any President in the history of our nation. I did vote for him, and I might do so again, and I'm sure Hillary would have done the same, but facts are facts.

Your not forfeiting the guns just the stock! Return the original stock to the gun and BAM! your back to legal semiauto rifle! Dispose of the stock and maybe go fishing becareful not to lose anything in a boating accident!

Ahh, but the stock is a gun, my friend. It is not only a gun, but is in fact a "machine gun". Forfeiting a bump stock is forfeiting a gun. So sayeth the ATF.

[Soccerdad1995]

For someone that has not researched this if you own a bumpstock but don't own any firearms do you still own a machine gun?

My understanding from reading the proposed rule is that the ATF has defined the bump stock itself as a machine gun, regardless of whether it has ever been attached to what the actual dictionary would call a "firearm". I'm not sure that it would matter whether a person also happened to own other dangerous firearms, like shoelaces, rubber bands, or belt loops.

[Oldgringo]

Not that anybody cares but I share TAM's view on bump stocks.

[Medley86]

I personally think that bump stocks are a gimmick but they absolutely should not be considered a machine gun. I told someone at work this morning I'd be far more afraid of someone taking aimed shots every 2 seconds than someone firing indiscriminately with a bump stock.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Mr Cotten said (paraphrasing) after the Vegas shooting, it took the stress off guns and onto the bump stock.

Its pretty much true....

No it isn’t. Show me where the left has backed off guns.

Yes it did. You wern't there, I was. The Las Vegas shooting was Oct. 1, 2017 when Republicans had control of the House and Senate. The push for banning all AR platform rifles was something that had to be addressed.

You want to talk about anti-gun efforts now, but apparently you missed the 2018 elections where the Democrats took control of the House. This is when the anti-gun bills started being filed.

Chas.

[anygunanywhere]

Mr Cotten said (paraphrasing) after the Vegas shooting, it took the stress off guns and onto the bump stock.

Its pretty much true....

No it isn’t. Show me where the left has backed off guns.

Yes it did. You wern't there, I was. The Las Vegas shooting was Oct. 1, 2017 when Republicans had control of the House and Senate. The push for banning all AR platform rifles was something that had to be addressed.

You want to talk about anti-gun efforts now, but apparently you missed the 2018 elections where the Democrats took control of the House. This is when the anti-gun bills started being filed.

Chas.

So after the next massacre what are we going to give up to keep the antis at bay? This incrementalism isn’t working in our favor. The temporary reprieves are not doing anything to restore our rights. The compromises keep giving ground to the antis and we lose more. You say that the bump stock ban took the emphasis off of ARs. I’m sorry but I don’t think it did. I didn’t miss where the dumbocrats took the house. I also didn’t forget that when the GOP had the senate, the house and the White House they accomplished squat. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

[Oldgringo]

The arguments for 'bump stocks' remind me of the various ads/need for magnum condoms.

[RicoTX]

Well if I am the one vote Trump loses by, I have no issue with that. If some people think that makes me an idiot, that's okay too. I doubt I will be solely responsible for the downfall of the GOP, that ship sailed years ago, and im as guilty as anyone else for voting for the "less bad" party in the past. No more. I will vote for the person that I think is best suited for the position considering my values, regardless of party affiliation.

Not to beleaguer the issue but do I understand you correctly: Because of the bump stock ban, no matter any other factor, you are compelled on principle to prefer ANY candidate over Trump, including any likely progressive gun grabber?

Sorry, I should have been more clear.I will not vote for any gun grabber regardless of party affiliation.

[Malawler]

Two words....."boating accident."

[mojo84]

The arguments for 'bump stocks' remind me of the various ads/need for magnum condoms.

The same arguments are used for clips bigger than 9 rounds. There's no need for civilians to have that much firepower.

Clips? Firepower? Need? 9?

How fast does your car go? Does it exceed the maximum speed limit? Do you a car that goes that fast?

How Big is your house? I bet you don't ned a house that size?

Fortunately, our country isn't a needs based society.

[Pawpaw]

Clips? Firepower? Need? 9?

How fast does your car go? Does it exceed the maximum speed limit? Do you a car that goes that fast?

How Big is your house? I bet you don't ned a house that size?

Fortunately, our country isn't a needs based society.

Please don't feed the troll.