Does that even work? I was under the impression that the timing was tricky enough with a regular trigger.I wonder how it would compare to a binary trigger / bump stock combo.
Does that even work? I was under the impression that the timing was tricky enough with a regular trigger.I wonder how it would compare to a binary trigger / bump stock combo.
t the direction of the Trump Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), re-classified bump stocks as machine guns, making them illegal under the National Firearms Act (NFA). That reversed the ATF’s Obama-era decision not to regulate the devices.
If the courts uphold the rule, anyone who owns a bump stock must destroy it or turn it in to an ATF office by March 26, 2019.
The ban does not grandfather-in anyone or provide for compensation for the devices, which typically cost $150-300, but can run as high $500. That marks this ruling as a completely new way of regulating guns and a scary development for many gun owners.
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“It’s basically going to be the honor system,” said Michael Bouchard, the ATF’s former assistant director for field operations.
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The ATF declined to comment on the ban, instead directing anyone with questions to the bureau’s bump stock fact sheet.
The page includes instructions on how to destroy bump stocks and where owners can turn them in.
To turn them in, owners must find the nearest ATF office. Local law enforcement stations won’t suffice.
Silveira v. Lockyer, 312 F.3d 1052, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002), as amended (Jan. 27, 2003).First, Plaintiffs who own assault weapons contend that the AWCA violates the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment because it reduces the value of those weapons. It is well-established, however, that a government may enact regulations pursuant to its broad powers to promote the general welfare that diminish the value of private property, yet do not constitute a taking requiring compensation, so long as a reasonable use of the regulated property exists… Here, plaintiffs who owned assault weapons prior to the enactment of the AWCA are protected by a grandfather clause that permits them to use the weapons in a number of reasonable ways so long as they register them with the state.
Without a grandfather clause and now under Heller, I think they have a real 5th Am. takings problem.
Silveira v. Lockyer, 312 F.3d 1052, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002), as amended (Jan. 27, 2003).
One is left to conclude that if the regulation allows for no reasonable use and with no grandfather clause, it is a taking without just compensation and, therefore, unconstitutional.
It would seem, OBVIOUSLY so....one wonders.....
That supposes that our current government at all it's different levels is concerned about constitutionality. It seems to me that in recent times, constitutionality is considered a nuisance, not a founding principal of liberty.
Um...I quoted a case from the 9th Cir. that cited U.S. Supreme Court cases. Last time I checked, those courts are part of the government.
Um...I quoted a case from the 9th Cir. that cited U.S. Supreme Court cases. Last time I checked, those courts are part of the government.
At this point, I have no idea how it'll play out.
It would be cool if they could fast-track this and get it linked with that other NFA case that's going up. Not the same issues, but there's an analytical overlap.
It seems like every time you turn on the news Trump is getting slapped down by a court. Hopefully the same will be true of the bump stock ban he initiated.
Trump may have been the only viable choice for conservatives in the last presidential election but sometimes he looks like an ultralight pilot trying to fly a 777.
It would be cool if these gun banners would just go straight to Hell.
It seems like every time you turn on the news Trump is getting slapped down by a court. Hopefully the same will be true of the bump stock ban he initiated.
Trump may have been the only viable choice for conservatives in the last presidential election but sometimes he looks like an ultralight pilot trying to fly a 777.
Hearing set for March 6:
https://gunowners.org/alert22119/
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Hearing set for March 6:
https://gunowners.org/alert22119/
PLEASE everyone, TAKE ACTION by filling out the contact form and sharing GOA's post on social media. GOA makes this Betty Crocker simple from their website.