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[sarisataka]

Many of us are upset by the SCOTUS ruling on banning bump stocks. Unfortunately their ruling is correct.

The current legal definition of a machinegun is clear.

"any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger

Bump stocks use multiple functions of the trigger. But this can be rectified.

If we all contact our Congresscritters, have our friends do so we may be able to get bump stocks defined as machinegun parts by updating the definition.

Suggested change

"any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger or repeatedly activating the trigger function without separate, distinct actions by the operator"

We are all online. All each of us has to do is open a tab to our Senators and Representatives, send them a request for legislation to change the definition. If anyone is ambitious, write an old fashioned snailmail letter.

To quote JFK- "If not us, who? If not now, when?"


ETA> this would also make "burst triggers" machinegun parts. Such devices are attached to a rifle or pistol and allow firing 3-5 rounds at a time. They do so with a toothed arrangement that transfers a single pull of the burst trigger to multiple activations of the original trigger. Perfectly legal under current law.