Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:05:05 +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: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:02:23 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 59 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-AJMjzzemivb/4PUbXOmwVLBETCN7F3TMI2uj/GzYJZw32vSi9jXp37Qg6LN160imie5nF8AZXVSmuoj!HcjSMCHmhALRQO11VSAskg3PGIJr+PWrSmcfYKEj5ATRrslmrAE30eLZuR7va8wUOddQDgjJPDGS!BOc= 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: 4425 In article , FPP wrote: > On 6/20/24 9:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , FPP > > wrote: > > > >> On 6/19/24 9:10 PM, shawn wrote: > >>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:28:26 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: > >>> > >>>> In article , > >>>> moviePig wrote: > > > >>>>> Machine gun: > >>>>> > >>>>> "...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." > >>>>> > >>>>> Now, tell me again how either gun in my video doesn't qualify... > >>>> > >>>> Because with the bump stock, it's only firing one shot per pull of the > >>>> trigger. The trigger is just being pulled repeatedly really fast as a > >>>> result of rebounding recoil caused by the bump stock. The bumper rocks > >>>> the rifle back and forth against the shooter's trigger finger, causing a > >>>> separate trigger pull each time. The statute you quoted above clearly > >>>> says "by a SINGLE function of the trigger". If you shoot 100 rounds with > >>>> a bump stock, you've got 100 functions of the trigger, not a single > >>>> function of the trigger. > >>> > >>> Yes, you are definitely technically correct. (The best kind.) That > >>> said you can see why people consider the bump stock to be the > >>> equivalent of turning a weapon into an equal to a machine gun. It > >>> isn't a machine gun but it ends throwing lead down field much like > >>> one. I think eventually the law will be updated to include bump stocks > >>> but who knows how long that will take. As no one who was involved in > >>> writing the original act likely foresaw the possibility of a bump > >>> stock. > >>> > >> Both still require the same action. A single trigger pull, with > >> constant pressure. > > > > Which isn't the standard under the law. The law's standard is a "single > > function of the trigger". As I said above, if you shoot 100 rounds with > > a bump stock, you've got 100 functions of the trigger, not a single > > function of the trigger. > > > > A semi-auto rifle physically can't fire more than one round with a > > single function of the trigger. It's impossible for a semi-auto rifle to > > meet the definition of "machine gun" under the NFA. > > You keep glossing over the fact that both machine guns and bump stocks > require the same action. No, I'm focusing on the one thing that legally matters: a single function of the trigger. It's literally impossible for a semi-auto rifle to fire more than one round with a single function of the trigger. The trigger mechanism must complete a full cycle of function for every round that leaves the barrel.