Supreme Court split over bump-stock ban - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over the validity of a 2018 federal regulation banning the “bump stock” rifle attachment. The Trump administration regulation barred ownership of bump stocks, which transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a weapon t...
I call it "The Trump Stock Ban".
I was surprised it occurred during his term, but maybe it is in play to remedy the original sin of banning machine guns.
That may sound nuts to some but here is a simple fact.
The Second Amendment, which GUARANTEES the right to own weapons, including guns, doesn't say if something really scary comes along, it can be banned. No. It is absolute. It shall NOT be infringed.
The 2nd Amendment had nothing to do with owning deer rifles or pistols for home defense. It had EVERYTHING to do with taking on the world's LARGEST ARMY, the Red Coats, or any other national military.
Times change and technology evolves.
In my personal opinion, if someone has the money to buy an F-16 and learns how to fly it, they can have that too. There is no limit in the 2A.
Realistically and in actuality, no one can afford to buy the best equipment except the military, so it's a moot point.
But the fact is, the Founding Fathers never wanted government officers to take citizens rights away.
The first right is to say whatever you want.
The second right is to back it up.
No point in the second amendment if everyone is too afraid to use it against the people the founding fathers intended it for
I just saw it as the low-hanging fruit to appease the masses.
I'll admit that I'm pretty neutral on bump stocks as a shooter myself. I don't know if I'd ever use one in a home defense scenario since they seem to sometimes light-strike some rounds and cause a misfeed.
I agree. Better to be precise and not all wild.
Shouldn't be , because the TRUTH will set us FREE.
"But in the wake of a 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas in which a single shooter killed 60 people and injured 500 more, the ATF issued a rule concluding that bump stocks are machine guns."
This was cleverly allowed under Trump, knowing these cases would eventually make it to the Supreme Court - where, if the Constitution is upheld - the ATF will be stripped of it's ability to 'create rules' out of thin air. If it is not a LAW, then it isn't enforceable. LAWs are made by Congress and must be Constitutional.