A bump stock that attaches to an semi-automatic assault rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, on Oct. 4, 2017.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — Owners of bump stocks — attachments that allow rifles to be fired rapidly — are hoping a federal appeals court will relieve them of the legal duty to destroy the devices by Monday.
Under a federal rule that took effect in December, owners must destroy their bump stocks, which are usually made of plastic, by Monday or risk prosecution for a felony. The rule suggests smashing them with a hammer, cutting them apart with a saw, or turning them over to a local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It applies to individual owners, dealers, wholesalers and manufacturers.
Without a bump stock, the rifle remains stationary, and the trigger finger must be moved to fire each round. With a bump stock, after the trigger is pulled once, the recoil begins moving the trigger against the finger, which remains stationary, resulting in rapid firing like a fully automatic rifle. Gun rights groups sued, arguing that bump stocks are intended to be used with AR-15 style rifles which are mechanically incapable of firing more than once with a single function of the trigger, because it must be released and moved again to allow the weapon to fire. They say the words of the statute — single function of the trigger — refer to the movement of the trigger itself, not whether the trigger is pulled by a finger or actuated by a bump stock.
We know who should not have guns. Mental defects, dopers, felons, gang scum, religious extremists, terrorists,....Ban these people and mass shootings, bombings, and stabbings stop.
What ever happened to the ban on ex post facto laws in the U.S. Constitution? Oh, wait, they aren't following the rest of the Constitution, why should we expect them to abide by that part?
NBC for Trump? Couldn't believe my еуes!
This is one thing I actually agree with Trump on. Even my dad, a longtime NRA member, agrees with it.
Your effort to ban violates my rights!!!
It's not 'gun rights.' Inanimate objects, like concepts such as states, don't have rights. Individuals have rights. 'Gun owners rights' groups' is the appropriate way to word what you're saying. Also, bump stocks aren't 'rapid fire.' They don't fire anything.
“Last ditch”... haha check out the constitution and get back to me
But...why?...