Path: ...!local-4.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 19:36:47 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: 5th Circuit Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban References: <17d91fbd5fad865f$338100$533214$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> <17d9412e82a8a311$8843$3053472$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:34:25 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-cc1VYYQwp+L9fVzQoojQKg/L8qJd/ADmXm2g6/NobaEzAM9tVAZGMvgb0TrJ2ERcwNv+ZIQ5Ur88hkb!vpehy2ET9scdW1MbjUhofJiesGgV2BtIYHhMK6ZCsq0NsGXRUGO6vINJmTXG4UOYaUs89eRmgB8E!IpU= 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: 2983 In article , moviePig wrote: > On 6/21/2024 12:59 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , FPP > > wrote: > >>>> How are they substantively different, counselor? > >>> > >>> One's trigger is functioned only once, the other's trigger functions for > >>> every round fired. > >>> > >> Nope. Same single function. > > > > Literally not. The firing mechanism inside the gun requires the trigger > > go through its full cycle of function (depressed, released, and reset) > > for every round fired in a semi-auto rifle. It's only activated once for > > an entire burst in a machine gun. > > In both machine gun and bump-stock, the trigger cycle "consults" the > shooter's finger during each cycle. If there's pressure it fires, if > not it stops. For the shooter the guns are *functionally* identical. Which might be relevant if the NFA regulated firearms in any way, shape, or form based on what it's like for the shooter. It does not therefore it is not.