Results 1 to 10 of 10
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    PNW
    Posts
    15,286
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0

    DOJ Rules That Bump Fire Stocks Are Now Machine Guns

    From the Truth About Guns:

    https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...pjGR1XlwubP22I

    “The Department of Justice is issuing a rulemaking that would interpret the statutory definition of machine gun in the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Gun Control Act of 1968 to clarify whether certain devices, commonly known as bump-fire stocks, fall within that definition.”

    That’s the intro (or “abstract”) to the DoJ’s newly issued public rule following their re-examination of the classification of bump fire stocks. This, of course, was done after last year’s Las Vegas Mandalay Bay shooting in which 58 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. That was the only crime in which a bump fire stock had ever been used.


    The ATF had issued an approval letter to SlideFire for their bump fire stock back in 2010 that read, in part:

    “The stock has no automatically functioning mechanical parts or springs and performs no automatic mechanical function when installed. … Accordingly, we find that the ‘bump-stock’ is a firearm part and is not regulated as a firearm under Gun Control Act or the National Firearms Act.”

    That was, of course, the correct ruling under the law as written.

    In February, however, President Trump directed Justice to take another look at them, a move that was supported at the time by the NRA. He apparently wanted the ATF to look deeply into the emanations and penumbras of the law to see if, just maybe, there was a way to look at bump fire stocks in a whole new way.

    Well, take another look they have, and — to the surprise of no one — now that we’re past the midterms, the DoJ has now classified bump fire stocks as NFA-regulated items, the legal equivalent of a machine gun.

    This rule is intended to clarify that the statutory definition of machinegun includes certain devices (i.e., bump-stock-type devices) that, when affixed to a firearm, allow that firearm to fire automatically with a single function of the trigger, such that they are subject to regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA) and the Gun Control Act (GCA). The rule will amend 27 CFR 447.11, 478.11, and 479.11 to clarify that bump-stock-type devices are machineguns as defined by the NFA and GCA because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. Specifically, these devices convert an otherwise semiautomatic firearm into a machinegun by functioning as a self-acting or self-regulating mechanism that harnesses the recoil energy of the semiautomatic firearm in a manner that allows the trigger to reset and continue firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    PNW
    Posts
    15,286
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    1,104
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Oh ffs!

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    607
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Looks like there will be no grandfather clause. They even include a cost analysis of destruction. Not good my friends, not good at all.
    FFL 07/ NFA 02
    TWN Certified Hydro Dipper

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    PNW
    Posts
    15,286
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    I can't imagine how many Slide Fire/Bump Fire stocks are out there.... Good luck getting people to turn all of them in.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Posts
    607
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Non-violent non-compliance is the best.

    Quote Originally Posted by UWone77 View Post
    I can't imagine how many Slide Fire/Bump Fire stocks are out there.... Good luck getting people to turn all of them in.
    FFL 07/ NFA 02
    TWN Certified Hydro Dipper

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Location
    Mn.
    Posts
    1,893
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    That, or an impending and long overdue revolution...
    The best way to survive a violent encounter is to be the one inflicting the most violence.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Dec 2015
    Posts
    1,882
    Downloads
    0
    Uploads
    0
    Not finalized yet. Still a phantom menace at this point.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    N. KY
    Posts
    3,055
    Downloads
    1
    Uploads
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by Stone View Post
    That, or an impending and long overdue revolution...
    Way long over due....

    FT
    NRA Life Member
    Deplorables Life Member
    Bible and Gun Clinger
    Filthy Stinking Wal Mart Shopper


  10. #10
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    SE MI
    Posts
    4,571
    Downloads
    2
    Uploads
    0
    Wow... there are going to be a LOT of overnight felons. Ridiculous. Only a matter of time for triggers now.
    Ground Defense 1, Blade Defense 1, Defensive Pistol 1 & 2, Aliance Shoot House, When Things Go Bad, YSINTG, Carbine 1, DART Medical, NRA Range Safety Officer
    david@damagephotos.com
    Damage Photos on Facebook
    @damage_photos on Instagram
    Use DAMAGE15 to save 15% at Third Pin Threads
    Save 10% "JOINORDIE" http://cmttac.com/

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •