Trump Bump Stock Ban: Now What?
by Rob Pincus
Ammoland.com
December 21, 2018
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- This week, with the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump took a bolder Gun Control step than President Obama ever did. And, he’s done it with the protection of the NRA… at least as much protection as they can give.
The National Rifle Association has said that they are “disappointed” in the Bump Stock Ban, but they technically initiated the focus on this gimmicky accessory just days after one was involved in the Las Vegas Killings in October 2017… and shortly after meeting with President Trump in the Whitehouse to craft a response. The NRA’s influence on the loud social conservative segment of gun owners is important to the view of President Trump’s base, but not very important beyond it. The NRA has been under attack for many reasons from millions of gun owners, and the vast majority of gun owners (over 90%) have just chosen not to support the organization. The machinations of the NRA Leadership, their odd allegiance to President Trump despite his betrayal and the ever louder voices of leaders inside the gun community aligned against them both are important to the broad landscape of gun rights issues.
This article is going to focus on the Bump Stock Ban, what you need to know about it and what our community needs to do in the next 90 Days before the ban takes effect. The Second American Organization maintains its position in opposition to any ban of an accessory, feature or firearm type.
Why Does The Bump Stock Ban Matter? Aren’t They Just Silly Toys?
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Bump Stocks are pretty much gimmicks. I thought it was fun to bump fire AK type firearms back in the 1990s… I don’t know many people who tried it that didn’t believe it was neat-o…. for about 48 seconds. After that, it was just something that we had all “done one time.” As I’ve said often since the NRA signaled that they would accept a Bump Stock Ban and the Trump Administration made it an agenda item: “There are many reasons to fight a bump stock ban… but, Bump Stocks themselves are not one of them!”
The underlying concern, in principle, is that this ban opens the door (with acceptance from the NRA and far too many gun owners) to the restriction of inanimate objects on the basis that they are somehow responsible for deaths. We must remember that the impetus for this ban is the killing spree that occurred in Las Vegas in October of 2017. Bump Stocks were used in those killings, yes. But, so were many other accessories. What about those other accessories? What about the types of firearms themselves? What about specific features of those firearms? The same exact “logic” that got the Trump Administration to ban bump stocks this week could have been applied to any item in that hotel room. We cannot afford to let this one go or look the other way.
Is It A “Ban”?
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