Path: ...!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: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:38:49 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 98 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: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:38:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8c64deeef54593d1938d941691bc3ec9"; logging-data="2220070"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/y0vblZ5OZ9Ndub4hxMvDPs2Zth9NtNY0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:/0aVMlRxJ8O7Nooa5qOYLRAI52U= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 5899 On 6/18/2024 10:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > moviePig wrote: > >> On 6/18/2024 9:47 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> In article , >>> moviePig wrote: >>> >>>> On 6/18/2024 5:03 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>> In article , FPP >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 6/15/24 8:30 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>>>> In article <17d9412e82a8a311$8843$3053472$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com>, >>>>>>> trotsky wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 6/15/24 11:46 AM, moviePig wrote: >>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "A work around" is accurate. And the spirit of the law is far more >>>>>>>> important, obviously, than the letter of the law >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh, cool! I see Hutt the Fuck-Up Fairy has visited us again! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No, Hutt, you're unsurprisingly about as absolutely wrong as you >>>>>>> can be yet again. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The letter of the law is obviously paramount in the context of >>>>>>> jurisprudential determination as evidenced by the 1000-page statutes >>>>>>> we have coming out of Congress, millions of pages of administrative >>>>>>> regulations, and the multi-page click-thrus of tiny and near- >>>>>>> hieroglyphic legalese that you have to agree to just to use a >>>>>>> piece of software. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If all we needed to concern ourselves with was a law's "spirit", then >>>>>>> none of that would be necessary. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd elaborate further but I don't have the time or the crayons to >>>>>>> explain it to you. Jeezus, Hutt, if I wanted to kill myself, I'd climb >>>>>>> your ego and jump to your IQ. >>>>>>> >>>>>> And how does using a bump stock differ from a fully automatic machine >>>>>> gun? >>>>> >>>>> With a bump stock, for every round fired, a separate trigger pull >>>>> occurs. >>>>> >>>>> With a machine gun, one one trigger pull is required to fire multiple >>>>> rounds. >>>>> >>>>> Also, the rate of fire of a bump stock-equipped rifle is significantly >>>>> slower than a rifle firing on full-auto. >>>> >>>> So, this 15-sec. video is a lie? >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brrecvXhRVc >>> >>> I don't know what you're talking about. You can clearly see the bump >>> device using the recoil (and Newton's Third Law) to reset the trigger >>> after every round. >> >> What I'm seeing is a NOT "significantly slower" rate of fire. > > The bump device I used produce a fast rate of fire but not as fast as > full-auto rifle. Perhaps this is a different model that works more > efficiently. > > Regardless, the law passed by Congress did not differentiate "machine > gun" from other guns by how fast it shoots, so the rate of fire is > actually irrelevant to the issue. Yes, we've already established that a determined judiciary can do an end-run around even the clearest legislative intent.