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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: 5th Circuit Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:08:30 -0400
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On 6/25/2024 3:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <v57dlt$3u7ea$1@dont-email.me>,
>   moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/22/2024 11:46 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 6/21/24 12:59 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
> 
>>>>> Literally not. The firing mechanism inside the gun requires the trigger
>>>>> go through its full cycle of function (depressed, released, and reset)
>>>>> for every round fired in a semi-auto rifle. It's only activated once for
>>>>> an entire burst in a machine gun.
>>>>>
>>>> Don't care about the mechanism.
>>>
>>> And no one else cares what you care about. The law cares about the
>>> mechanism, which is what matters and is why courts around the nation don't
>>> call up Effa to see what he does and doesn't care about.
>>
>> The law (SCOTUS) cares about the mechanism only as a fig leaf.
> 
> You do realize that the Court wasn't even asked to rule-- nor did it--
> on the question of bump stocks, right?
> 
> The only question was whether BATF had the legal authority to
> criminalize them or if they were unconstitutionally encroaching on the
> powers of the Legislative Branch by doing so.

A distinction without a distinction...