Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.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: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:46:33 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <17d91fbd5fad865f$338100$533214$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 18:46:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dd9bb2db9879aa6ebd4bce2e4282bbd1"; logging-data="3736488"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+JagMmlrOPFbj7ycdtt2Ui048zt3jaKSU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:NdNv2UEL12QzK3IKxRDGMuMSWus= In-Reply-To: <17d91fbd5fad865f$338100$533214$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2421 On 6/15/2024 4:20 AM, trotsky wrote: > On 6/14/24 5:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> The Federal Firearms Act of 1934 > > > From wiki: > > The current National Firearms Act (NFA) defines a number of categories > of regulated firearms. These weapons are collectively known as NFA > firearms and include the following: > > Machine guns >     "any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily > restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual > reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also > include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and > intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and > intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any > combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such > parts are in the possession or under the control of a person."[10] So, bump-stocks are patently a "workaround" for a law whose intent is patently obvious. Not exactly a triumph of sanity.