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The supreme court has struck down the federal ban on bump stocks as of 6/14/24

I can only surmise that supreme court justices have been bribed by the gun industry. For shame.
Bump stocks effectively turn semi-auto rifles into full auto weapons. In 2017 the insane Vas Vegas shooter used these devices to kill 60 and wound 400 people at a music festival.

Bump stocks have NOTHING to do with home/personal protection. The only use for such devices is for mass shootings and criminals. Call/write your congress people and demand the ban on bump stocks be reinstated.

Join/donate to a gun safety group today:

The Brady Campaign:
https://www.bradyunited.org/

The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence:
https://www.csgv.org/

Everytown for Gun Safety:
https://www.everytown.org/about-everytown/

Giffords PAC:
https://giffords.org/
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Theyitis · 36-40, M
BizSuitStacy made a similar post defending the decision, observing that a bump stock “does not make a gun fully automatic because it still only fires one bullet at a time”.
windinhishair · 70-79, M
@Theyitis A machine gun also only fires one bullet at a time. One bullet after another. Repeat ad nauseum.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@Theyitis Uh, let's try this again. Maybe you just need larger lettering.
SEMI AUTOMATIC MEANS NOT HAVING TO COCK THE RIFLE OR PISTOL BEFORE EACH ROUND IS FIRED. FULLY AUTOMATIC MEANS WHEN YOU HOLD THE TRIGGER DOWN, BULLETS ARE FIRED UNTIL THE MAGAZINE IS EMPTY. A BUMP STOCK DOES NOT TURN THE RIFLE INTO A MACHINE GUN BECAUSE IT IS STILL ONE SHOT PER ONE TRIGGER PULL. This is a single action revolver.
You don't have to cock it to fire. Just pull the trigger and one bullet exits the barrel. This is a semi automatic pistol .
It holds more bullets in a magazine that is in the grip. They are spring fed into the firing chamber. But it's still one trigger pull equals one shot.
I wonder why I'm not allowed to walk into any court room, or Congress, or the Supreme Court with a loaded semi automatic weapon? What are they afraid of?
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
@whowasthatmaskedman incompetent or corrupt gov't should be afraid of being voted out of office or facing legal charges, NOT being murdered.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@badminton I agree. But under the US system there dont seem to have much to fear from the electorate or the courts. Those are for the rest of the people..😷
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@independentone I wouldn't want to be in a courtroom if someone walked in with an unloaded firearm.
JSul3 · 70-79
This was a case of a Trump DOJ classification decision being overturned by the court....the Supreme Court.

That is why Congress must do their job and pass laws that the vast majority of American's support....but the Party of Trump has no desire to govern, just take orders from their Orange Messiah....example: border bill, they were for it before Trump told them "NO!!!"
JSul3 · 70-79
@Reason10.
Trump did not sign an EO, but had his DOJ reclassify the bump stock.

2018: Officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had previously concluded bump stocks were merely a gun accessory or firearm part, not subject to federal regulation, but President Donald Trump called on the Justice Department to outlaw the devices soon after the tragedy.

Justice Department officials told CNN Tuesday they took a “fresh look” at the case law, technology, and the devices and their functionality “in light of modern developments.”

The rule concludes that bump-fire stocks, “slide-fire” devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics all fall within the prohibition on machine guns by allowing a “shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger,” and therefore, they are illegal under federal law.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@JSul3 Prove that LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP called for the justice department to do ANYTHING. At the time, LEGALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TRUMP was fixing a disastrous economy Saddam Hussein Obama had vomited on the country. He was busy reining in ISIS (which Obama's policies FINANCED), and bringing peace to the Middle East. Today's Supreme Court (at least the majority) has actually READ the Constitution. And they did the right thing.
JSul3 · 70-79
@Reason10 Can you read?

2018: Officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had previously concluded bump stocks were merely a gun accessory or firearm part, not subject to federal regulation, but

(READ THIS>>>>>>}
President Donald Trump called on the Justice Department to outlaw the devices soon after the tragedy.
SCOTUS is having a crisis, and bumpstocks are just a small part of it. Check out Sotomayor's dissent for some examples.
Something else to consider. The rifle used by the Vegas shooter is now the new US military service rifle that will replace the AR platform.

So this will inevitably make it the new it gun for insecure men who think they can solve their issues with a gun barrel.
James25 · 61-69, M
The Supreme Court is corrupt
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@James25 Thats what you get when you let politicians appoint judges..😷
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RedBaron · M
You have proof of any bribery? I didn’t think so.
RedBaron · M
@badminton I think you have no idea what you’re talking about.

SCOTUS handing down a decision you don’t like is no indication of corruption, even if it’s an unpopular one.
badminton · 61-69, MVIP
@RedBaron I just want an investigation. Is that so unreasonable?
RedBaron · M
@badminton By whom and with what probable cause?

You disagreeing with a ruling does not constitute probable cause.
During the Biden/Harris Democrat administration.
… and regulate bodies and doctors.
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Reason10 · 70-79, M
@whowasthatmaskedman Only the three DEmocrat appointees. Sotomayor, Kagan and Brown.
The rest of them have actually read the Constitution.
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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
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