Exclusive: Trump administration to announce final bump stock ban

[hexola]

Last edited Thu Nov 29, 2018, 06:26 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration plans to announce the long-anticipated federal rule officially banning bump stocks in the coming days, according to US officials familiar with the matter.

Bump stocks gained national attention last year after a gunman in Las Vegas rigged his weapons with the devices to fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people. President Donald Trump vowed to outlaw the devices soon after the tragedy, and some lawmakers on Capitol Hill urged him to back a permanent legislative fix.

But opposition from lawmakers and the National Rifle Association ultimately made a regulatory change the only realistic path forward to accomplishing the President's goal.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/politics/final-bump-stock-ban/index.html

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Here we go! I think Trump and GOP will wish they had done this right after the Vegas shooting - and not now when were starting to see the first strains of doubt from his base. He had the political capital to burn then - and it would be forgotten by now.

Plus - Trump, via his public remarks on bump stocks (bump stocks are gone), is in a very precarious position and would look extremely bad if another mass shooting involving bump stocks were to take place. He's still exposed if one happens and it was a bump stock purchased post-Vegas.

[underpants]

1. Damn! Turn them in too?

Under the new rule, bump stock owners would be required to destroy or surrender the devices to authorities. Members of the public will be given 90 days to turn in or otherwise discard their bump stocks, according to a source familiar with the final rule.

[truthisfreedom]

2. They're junk anyway. They cause a weapon to become less accurate.

Any accessory that reduces accuracy should be illegal.

[watoos]

3. You don't need to be that accurate,

If you're shooting out the window of a Vegas casino.

[Maxheader]

4. Someones going to be upset..

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=Z9r_W9qXGZG0sQWzsK-QCw&q=nra+on+bump+stock+ban&btnK=Google+Search&oq=nra+on+bump+stock+ban&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i22i30l4.2185.8275..8578...0.0..0.757.5698.0j10j6j4j1j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0j0i131j0i10.SknMHbUtF_w

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

5. Too little and too late

This is going to get thrown out in court. Legislation is the only way and this far past the Las Vegas shooting, there is little political cover/capital left for it to pass in Congress.