What a coincidence.... I have an equally hard time finding an anti gunner who is able to grasp the reality that criminals, by definition, do not obey laws; especially gun laws.
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested Monday, one year after the Las Vegas massacre, that bump-fire stocks would be banned "over the next couple of weeks." Trump was asked at a Rose Garden news conference about the progress of regulations to eliminate the devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at a more rapid rate. "In order to eliminate -- terminate -- bump stocks, we have to go through procedure. We are now at the final stages of that procedure," he said. "We are knocking out bump stocks. I have told the (National Rifle Association) -- bump stocks are gone. But to do that, you have to go to public hearings, which we have had. You have to go through all sorts of regulatory control systems." Trump added that the process should be wrapped up in "two or three weeks." Last week, just before the one-year anniversary of the Las Vegas shooting, which claimed 58 lives, the federal government took the next step in its efforts to ban bump stocks. On September 27, the Justice Department formally submitted its proposed final rule, "Bump-Stock-Type Devices" to the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, according to a DOJ official.
Definitely an overstep by the Executive Branch. They aren't empowered to rewrite laws. Want to ban bump stocks? Get Congress to do so.
None of which will ultimately do anything. Those who possess such devices will not surrender them, and those who possess them with the intent of utilizing them for mass murder purposes will be free to do such, as no one know who owns such devices to begin with.
It's about what I expected as a NeverTrumper. I have never felt that Trump was pro-gun, other than in name only.
He just might open the books on the secrets behind UFO’s the guberment has been hiding for years as well. I heard indications from an anonomous source, so it must be true.
Saw this on local news, effective today. Not sure how they plan on banning manual bumpfire? A simple hold technique that can bump fire any semi auto rifle. Whats next? Illegal to hold your gun a certain way?
Ah, the old tired "needs" based argument. Why do you "need" a computer, why do you "need" a 2,000SQ Ft house when 600 will do?
@FatBack @Vegas giants Watch around 0:55. You can ban bump stock but you can not ban skill. Next step: Ban assault fingers. Next step after that: Ban physics.
Actually, they don't, which is why Trump can't do this without Congressional action. It may be a technicality, but that's what law is.
