Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:45:48 +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 12:43:26 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-RI7OJAZ2tyQAc0Gd0+veBgEVI1b7HRC9aXFydsrczsJn6KPBRPErgU+ehQfkdYj8zvCqPRxYVNKUKuC!8PnmUQBpHWVGUJ3RAoJ3Dd5RJ+ASODAlArmOtGmLBmBFAACp0wqbjpkGpQSGgSWNgmhUxEC2OpeH!iGo= 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: 2999 In article , moviePig wrote: > On 6/22/2024 11:46 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > > FPP wrote: > >> On 6/21/24 12:59 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>> 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. > >>> > >> Don't care about the mechanism. > > > > And no one else cares what you care about. The law cares about the > > mechanism, which is what matters and is why courts around the nation don't > > call up Effa to see what he does and doesn't care about. > > The law (SCOTUS) cares about the mechanism only as a fig leaf. You do realize that the Court wasn't even asked to rule-- nor did it-- on the question of bump stocks, right? The only question was whether BATF had the legal authority to criminalize them or if they were unconstitutionally encroaching on the powers of the Legislative Branch by doing so.