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 18:00:22 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 80 Message-ID: References: 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 00:00:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d2d90a48413b38a40b2d22a00d23c588"; logging-data="1831021"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ZA5oSW728cj2ld77lL9d+OuCqN692U8o=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:jjBndMpAJCRfNFZtYsFXW6zZXag= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5575 On 6/25/2024 3:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > moviePig wrote: > >> On 6/21/2024 1:02 AM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> 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. >> >> What official verbiage defines "a function of the trigger"? > > Just that: completion of a full cycle of function. > >> If it's different for full-auto, why not for bump-stocks? > > The definition is not different for full-auto. A full cycle of function > of the trigger with an automatic rifle just produces different results > than it does with a semi-auto. But bump-stock results are the *same* as full-auto. Your consecration of the almighty trigger would allow me, e.g., to affix a vibrating rubber "finger" to my semi-auto...