DeepSouth
Random Guy
I know it’s a strange machine gun as it has no barrel, no receiver, no chamber, no firing pin, no way fire ANY projectile AT ALL. But none of that matters because the powers that be have said:
“ Department of Justice is amending the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to clarify that bump- stock-type devices—meaning ‘‘bump fire’’ stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics—are ‘‘machineguns’’ as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968”
LINK
So now, let’s think this out together. Let’s look at some key words from the DOJ/ATF quote. “.......To clarify that bump stock type devices...... are machine guns......”
So if everything goes the way the DOJ, ATF, and the President want it to go then as of 3/26/19 you can own a bump stock and no gun at all yet be jailed for possession of a machine gun.... but in reality you didn’t own a firearm AT ALL. You had NO MEANS to fire a projectile, yet you owned a machine gun...
I understand this is not new and has basically been done before with the lighting link, my understanding is that by itself it is also a machine gun, and that makes just as much sence. I’m just putting forth some food for thought. My main point is once we start letting the DOJ, ATF, & .Gov in general define the terms to mean something other than what they mean we’re on very dangerous ground.
I’ll give you an example, part of the definition of a machine gun is:
“Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger“ LINK
I want you guys to think about something, and I may be totally off but like I said it’s food for thought.
If you take the sear spring out of a 1911 and bend the correct spring, in the correct direction and reinstall it. The first time you pull the trigger your 1911 will empty the magazine, it will fire multiple shots after a single function of the trigger. And to make it do that it’ll take you maybe 10 minutes at your kitchen table, using nothing but a pair of pliers. Remember the words “readily restored to shoot, automatically” and then tell me what’s to stop the DOJ, ATF, and President from banning them.
Do we want the same people that think a machine gun can be a plastic stock incapable of firing a single round to tell us what “readily restored to shoot” means?
Scroll back up and look at that bump stock again and realize it IS a machine gun, then realize your counting on those same people that say that’s a machine gun to say their is no way an AR can be.
If they can ban a piece of plastic that can’t fire a single bullet, because it’s a “machine gun” then they can ban a 1911 because it’s a machine gun, if they ban a 1911 because it’s a machine gun, then they can ban ( your favorite semi auto)
I remember when Obama told his lawyers to find anything he could do. If this ruling stands, when the next Obama tells his lawyers to find something I can assure you they will use this president.
I’ve just talked to a lot of people lately that don’t seem to understand that the bump stock IS the machine gun and when I explain that to them they have this “well that’s stupid” look on their face. Sometimes this has made them realize how much power changing definitions can give people, agencies, politicians, etc. For myself it’s more of a rant than anything, so thanks for letting me rant.