Trade Bump-Fire for Full Auto?

[Hypnogator]

OK, just about everyone can agree that a bump-fire stock is a poor substitute for a full auto AR or AK. How about we support a bill that will ban bump-fire stocks and also repeal the 1986 Hughes Amendment that prohibits possession of post-1986 machine guns. Full auto weapons would again become available, under the auspices of the 1934 National Firearms Act.

In the future, we can work on reducing some of the more odious aspects of the NFA, but the immediate effect would be to make legitimate full-auto guns much more affordable. I don't see a downside, other than fully automatic weapons will be somewhat more expensive than buying a $100 plastic stock for your AR or AK.

 

[BigBore44]

Do you honestly think that they will go for a bill that actually increases the cyclic rate of a weapon that exceeds that which a bump stock can achieve? I mean, come on. The Dems are dumb. But even they aren’t that stupid.

 

[danez71]

If you were anti gun, would you make that deal?

 

[hdwhit]

Hypnogator wrote:
How about we support a bill that will ban bump-fire stocks and also repeal the 1986 Hughes Amendment that prohibits possession of post-1986 machine guns. Full auto weapons would again become available, under the auspices of the 1934 National Firearms Act.

First, is there such a bill? Who are its co-sponsors?

Second, did you listen to Speaker Ryan's comments this evening on "bump fire stocks" and their relationship to NFA weapons?

The "trade" you propose is - at least as far as I am aware - not being offered by anyone who has a seat at the table.

In fact, after Las Vegas, where apparently legally purchased semi-automatic rifle(s) were used with a Bump-Fire stock as if it (they) were fully automatic rifle(s), any hope the pro-gun faction might have had for enacting greater gun rights, much less repealing the Hughes Amendment is pretty much gone for at least a generation.

 

[Tommygunn]

Not gonna happen. It doesn't matter what we think.

 

[AlexanderA]

Do you honestly think that they will go for a bill that actually increases the cyclic rate of a weapon that exceeds that which a bump stock can achieve? I mean, come on. The Dems are dumb. But even they aren’t that stupid.

Actually, they might, because such a bill would convert currently unregulated items (bump-fire stocks as well as illegal post-1986 machine guns) into stringently regulated items.

 

[Sam1911]

Good grief. There's like three or four threads on some variation of this same topic. Let's consolidate.