Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: 5th Circuit Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:08:30 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <17d91fbd5fad865f$338100$533214$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> <17d9412e82a8a311$8843$3053472$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:08:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d2d90a48413b38a40b2d22a00d23c588"; logging-data="1831021"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/I5cYhRxzhNZNwPaKuA0xh/2U/vPzWoQw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:aDGcSc4HFmcOU/b4afxkzEZ6ydg= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3272 On 6/25/2024 3:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > 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. A distinction without a distinction...