No more “bones” tossed their way.candcallen gave a pretty good synopsis. I would add that bump stocks are, in my opinion, a cheap gimmick. Mostly they just let you bang off a lot of rounds so you can pretend you have an automatic rifle. The ones I saw were cheesy and not anything I'd waste my money on. After the ban, people who never gave bump stocks the time of day suddenly took great offense at them being banned - or more specifically, they got mad at anyone who went along with the ban (e.g., the NRA). There are still echoes of the anger floating around the internet. While I hate to give up any gun rights, this was one issue that I would happily give up if it meant that no other rights were lost. In this case, there were anti-gun people calling for bans on "assault rifles" and "high capacity" magazines and even more restrictions. The bump stock ban was a bone tossed to them so they'd think they won and shut up for a while.
As cancallen pointed out, bump stocks did not make a rifle more dangerous. In the case of the Las Vegas shooter, he was blindly firing into a very large crowd and could have been simply pulling the trigger quickly. The problem with the anti-gun crowd is that they focus on the tool instead of the fool. A gun is just a tool. It's not intrinsically good or evil. The problem is with the person operating the tool. The militants who caused the death and destruction on 9-11 took a jet aircraft (tool) and used it to destroy. If you ban aircraft, would that protect everyone from lunatics like these? Clearly, no. If you want to make life safer, you have to focus on the actor and either take care of them when they are discovered or be prepared to react quickly when they start to do harm.
As the title asks,
I have seen a couple posts about bump stocks and do not know what they do? How come they are so controversial?
One could say that a 30,60, 100 round magazines are the same thing. ( toy that wastes ammo)ThatPunkGirl,
FIRST, WELCOME ABOARD.
ImVho, I'll go a step further & say: "Bump Stocks" are nothing more than an EXPENSIVE & OVER-PRICED TOY, that do little more than WASTE ammo.
Fi, when they were legal, I was offered one for FREE, by one of our school's exes. - I said, "NO THANKS".
just my OPINION, satx
Don't need a belt loop.Belt loop and a thumb one can do the same thing.
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Interesting replies thus far, but I note that no one has actually tried to answer your questions in a manner understandable by someone unfamiliar with the concept.As the title asks,
I have seen a couple posts about bump stocks and do not know what they do? How come they are so controversial?
One could say that a 30,60, 100 round magazines are the same thing. ( toy that wastes ammo)
Remember when a shoe string was used as constructive intent for manufacture of a machine gun?
I want my damned cake back.
Gotta ban pants then. Common sense pants control. I am sure Resident Xiden would be thrilled with the prospect of being around children without those damnable machine gun making pants.Belt loop and a thumb one can do the same thing.
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Gotta ban pants then. Common sense pants control. I am sure Resident Xiden would be thrilled with the prospect of being around children without those damnable machine gun making pants.
One could say that a 30,60, 100 round magazines are the same thing. ( toy that wastes ammo)
Remember when a shoe string was used as constructive intent for manufacture of a machine gun?
I want my damned cake back.
nor does it approach the firing speed of an actual machine gun.