Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:01:13 +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: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:58:48 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 48 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-SKKUZzKNBDZkR4IUeBPDOpOC6+enfFz5frA180F691ZvoyA9GfTp28/WKOwVFBMTvb5hs0NVDQNt0hV!t/aNANQAFFRYXPUjPwMXzee5yAz31/s9J+F3yu17Pd5jRiyR0iI0ps8bPPOR5iye/5DGELsUMLiT!ES8= 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: 3637 In article , moviePig wrote: > On 6/26/2024 5:05 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , > > moviePig wrote: > > > >> On 6/25/2024 11:10 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>> In article , > >>> moviePig wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 6/25/2024 6:51 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>>>> In article , > >>>>> moviePig wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 6/25/2024 3:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >>>>>>> In article , > >>>>>>> moviePig wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>>> 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... > >>>>> > >>>>> Yep. Or just pull it really fast yourself. > >>>> > >>>> Hey, what about eliminating the trigger, like BLACK SUNDAY (1977)? > >>> > >>> That flechette weapon did indeed have a trigger. > >> > >> You mean a 'button'? > > > > The button only closed the circuit on the mechanism. > > What did the "mechanism" do that made it, and nothing else, a trigger? Initiated the weapon.