Where is the revolution? Surely that cannot be accepted. Not one inch, yadda yadda. Them damn libs and Dems, always tryin to take our guns. Um, Trump is UNCONSTITUTIONALLY, depriving you of one of them SHALL NOT INFRINGIES. Bump stocks, then kitchen knives, you KNOW how they are. Will those die hard right wingers just take this from the gun grabber President? Obama didn't steal your toys. TRUMP IS. And so far, not a word. I wrote an op on JUST that subject, and was told, I am a commie, and have NO RIGHT to ask that bump stocks be made illegal. And I was STUPID for thinking that could EVER be used to harm humans. Really it is for rednecks to play in the forest. That is all it is good for, cant aim. And NOW, Trump, the gun grabber President, faces no peril. And STILL, Obama and his ilk, are the sneaky guys you gotta watch for. Why?
So Trump is a more effective president on gun control than Obama was? You going to vote for him in 2020 then?
Trump supported the 'assault weapons" ban in 2000, so I'm still not sure what to make of the bump stock ban. Not sure if it was an attempt to appear bipartisan, an attempt at appeasement, or if it's proof of some latent left leaning feelings about the 2A. Provided that he stops with this particular ban, he's not going to lose any consequential support in 2020.
I didn't have any problem with the idea behind the law but I have some problems with the definitions and way the law is worded, and how that could be misconstrued by prosecutors potentially applying this law in other situations it was not envisioned for. People should not be sentenced to 2 years in prison because they have a piece of plastic.
A bump stock is a cheap plastic toy that makes your rifle suck. Those few that enjoy wasting money by burning ammo in simulated full-auto at the range are replacing the springs in their bump stocks with bolts to turn them into regular stocks (easily re-reversible, of course). The right abandonning Trump over bump stocks would be like the left abandonning whats-his-name for black face a half century ago. Its bad, but its just not that big a deal. If Trump bans semi-auto, he loses his base overnight. Bump stocks will get him some mild bitching.
At last. It took like forever for you to say things I can agree with and not smack myself silly. Trump is in violation of the constitution.
It's not something I would do. This Las Vegas shooter killed 59, but the Nice "Truck of Peace" terrorist killed 80 with just Europcar truck hire and a hundred bucks. More deadly than any mass shooting in US history. With a hundred bucks and a handshake. The unfortunately reality is - these people will not be deterred. Over 3 times more deadly than the worst US mass shooting was the Oklahoma City Bombing, for which McVeigh used a bunch of hillbilly fertiliser mixed with some diesel. Evil finds a way. We cannot hold our liberties hostage to these people. _______________________________ The state interest is lacking next to the individual interest. That said... 'muh optics'. It makes little political sense to oppose a measure like this no matter how irrational.
They've been in "violation" of the Constitution for much longer than that. Apparently you never got the memo? Sometimes I wonder why I bother posting anything here when people will not read it. (I don't mean in this thread, I mean in this forum, those subsections no one ever visits) I bet most of the Conservatives here are not even aware half the stuff that is already illegal on the federal level.