Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:34:32 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: 5th Circuit Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:32:10 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 48 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Z3z+au5SdSoKR6XfFQCQnK8ZnrLRAxUJBx7Qopd9GkqBkvK6cfxEyzB7/2gUriK86xks3cDDFS7O2s+!wXHMuP1np0AcH/Gd9cS7bqxOYXBhFZUqcK7prMUTHflzLDVWP48n4BdPj6S6ktM13B1UE8TWA5Uv!woc= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3302 In article , "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: > >moviePig wrote: > >> On 6/21/2024 1:05 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>> In article , FPP > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 6/20/24 9:41 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>>>> In article , FPP > >>>>> wrote: > >>> > >>>>>> Bump stocks are a newer technology than the law didn't foresee... but > >>>>>> it doesn't take a law professor to understand the intent. > >>>>> > >>>>> That's why we have a Congress that can amend statutes to take into > >>>>> account changes in technology. They do it all the time with the things > >>>>> like the internet. They can do it with the National Firearms Act, also. > >>>>> > >>>>> Your delusions (and Hutt's) aside, courts don't decide technical > >>>>> matters of law based on intent. Legislative history is only a tool > >>>>> to resolve ambiguity. There's no ambiguity here. The statute's text > >>>>> is both extremely detailed and clear. Neither the Judicial Branch > >>>>> nor the Executive Branch have the constitutional authority to make > >>>>> or amend statutory law. Only the Legislative Branch can do that. > >>>>> > >>>>> This is something most of us learned in grade school. Apparently Effa > >>>>> and the BATF were in a coma that day. > >>>>> > >>>> Aren't you guys fond of saying "just enforce the laws as written instead > >>>> of making new ones"? > >>> > >>> I'm still fond of that. I'm perfectly happy with bumpers being legal. > >>> I'm cool with enforcing the NFA as is; I don't want any new laws here. > >> > >> You'd be perfectly happy with machine guns being legal, wouldn't you? > > > >Yes, mainly because they already are legal. > > > >I have one. > > https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/yes-machine-guns-are-legal-here-comes > -all-catches-163921 Yes, keeping one is a tremendous pain in the ass. I bought mine in Texas and there it resides because California. When I go back, it'll be waiting for me, though.