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In reply to the discussion: Can we at least agree "Bump Fire Stock" ownership [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)For background, all a bump fire stick consists of is a spring loaded stock. When the gun is fired the spring absorbs the recoil and compresses then pushes back and pushes the gun forward, against the trigger finger, allowing the trigger to be cycled faster. It's still one shot per trigger pull.
Before there were commercial made bump stocks people made them by just putting a $1 spring inside a collapsible stock or adding springy pads to a fixed one like a cut up yoga mat glued to it. I have seen it done just by sticking the stock in a tennis shoe and shouldering it. Hell, I've seen video of a fat guy doing it just by placing the gun on his belly.
So ban away, but don't think your actually going to have one bit of impact on things like this. If you had banned them 10 years ago he would have just made one from a few springs.