So we'll get the obvious out of the way. Banning bump stocks does not in any way, infringe your right to own a gun. You can purchase any number of firearms that will function perfectly with any size magazines that will fit. It doesn't change the purchase requirements for firearms or which firearms you can buy.
I would also argue that depriving law abiding citizens of the ability to own certain items, happens all the time. We don't think anything of it when it's a dangerous chemical that can only be shipped to a laboratory that carries appropriate licensing. You'll have a hard time buying something like cyanide if you aren't shipping it to a lab. It is a logical approach, because it limits the chances of contact between whatever thing you're trying to control and people. In the case of bump stocks, we can see that while many people use them without incident but when used against people, they increase the effective rate of fire considerably.
What kind of attention would you want to see against drunk drivers and people who text? It's already illegal in every state to drive drunk and many states and cities have hands-free laws. If you hurt or kill someone when you're drunk or distracted, judges throw the book at you and rightfully so. But again, a bump stock has a different primary purpose than a gallon of gas, a beer or a cell phone.
And like I said before, banning bump stocks doesn't do anything to your ability to buy an AR-15 or AK pattern rifle. In what way does that disarm you?
Banning bump stocks doesn't infringe on my right to own a gun, anymore than a drunk driver owning a car, but not allowed to buy gas.
As for the dangerous chemical theory, they are dangerous to the public in general, regardless of who uses them for any purpose. Bump stocks on the other hand, are dangerous to the public only when used illegally. The crimes of a few shouldn't dictate the rights of the public at large, because some things are dangerous in itself, some others only when in the hands of the lawless.
If the goal is to save lives, why doesn't the MSM show every bloody wreck on national TV? The simple answer is because those are things that they want the right to do. They generally don't own guns, so why should anybody else.
2017 had the lowest DWI deaths since 1982, at just under 10,500, while texting caused 1/4 of all accidents coming in at just under 30,000 deaths.
What I would like to see for DUI is 30 days in jail first offense, then gets much more severe there after.
Texting while driving is a $50 fine here, yet it's the greatest cause of death on the road.
This whole discussion is meaningless anyway. By 2024, or 2028 at best, Texas will be a blue state from all of the transplants. With Texas, California, and New York in the bag, the far left will dictate policy to the rest of the country.
I'm glad I live so far in the woods, my road isn't even on Google maps.