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In reply to the discussion: Can we at least agree "Bump Fire Stock" ownership [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Being technically accurate is important when dealing with machines. As an engineer, I often get frustrated by politicians making decisions about technologies they do not understand.
But we DO have some folks here who know about the technical details of guns. Instead of being snarky, why not take advantage of the knowledge? That way instead of just yelling "SEMANTICS! HAIRSPLITTING!," you can actually be technically correct, which often disarms a gun nut (who often are only hazy on the technical details themselves). Because quite often, it's not just semantics.
For example, in the case of bump stocks, how do we define exactly what one is? It's hard.
And Feinstein's bill wants to ban any part that can increase the rate of fire of a semi-automatic? How is she defining rate of fire?
The technical details matter here if the law is going to be effective.