While many people are calling for banning the "bump stock", you have realized the truth. Banning the accessory will have little to no effect upon misuse of them. Another way will be found, legally or illegally. Now, to the original idea: Semi auto weapons have been around since the 1890's, and MILLIONS and MILLIONS have been made, here, and overseas, some of those ending up here in the US. Banning them in their entirety, with such a small percentage of them being used in crime, will be a very, very steep uphill battle. The NRA and other pro-gun organizations will call out the troops, and a lot of fence sitters will fall to their side if we call for an outright "Ban 'em all, round them up." approach. Even banning other "accessories", external designs and modifications were difficult to ban, and the heart of the system, the semi-auto machinery, wasn't changed in the '94 Act. Just how the rifle "looked". Now, I realize that most here will say "Something must be done," and I agree, but as of right now, nothing that has been proposed would have made much, if any difference in LV. This was a guy that was "off the radar", and was able to pass current background checks. I have heard that it's been proposed to notify the Gov't when X amount of semi-auto's have been purchased, but until someone comes up with a "too many" number, and the perp actually does something illegal with them, it's just another paper chase, and an excuse to expand the Gov't's reach. What exactly is the Gov't supposed to do when a person reaches "X"? Ban further sales to that individual? And if said person has already passed "X", what then, confiscation? Just wondering.
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