Trump Throws Base Under Bus. Bans Bump Stocks.

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Nothing has been finialed yet so it could just be a bunch of smoke. If they do go after bump stocks without actually creating any new legislation they will have a hard time if there are any court challenges.
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It could get weird a few ways. First and foremost, the bumpstock doesn't change the operation. One pull, one shot. You can bump fire with a belt loop and a finger. Will they ban that too? Will the bumpstock ban open the machine gun registry? If so, I should get a dozen....

ETA- trumps base always was LibProgs. He just changed his stripes for the election.
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Steamforger wrote:
ETA- trumps base always was LibProgs. He just changed his stripes for the election.
Yes, this. Hopefully this is not the camel's nose under the tent. He has been signaling to the Left constantly that he wants to move left and make deals and they have foolishly gone all "resistance" and such. We will see if they figure it out.
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during the BATF comment period on their 'changing regs to ban bump stocks' one of the largest concerns was that it wouldn't be just a simple ban on certain stocks but a performance based ban on any modifications. Things like lighter trigger pulls, changing triggers or springs, putting in a lightweight BCG to reduce cycle time, even putting superslick oil on the trigger could all 'increase the cyclic rate of a firearm' and cause it to be declared a machine gun.

You know they're going to try...
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Or, say, practice? Some/most of us would suddenly have illegal fingers...
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Report from BATFE. Jerry Miculek's fingers are now banned as being a modification that creates machine guns from any gun he touches.
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