Bump Stocks Legal gain . . .till They are Not.

[ICU 812]

And There it is . . . . .Bump Stocks are Legal (For Now)

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[txdot-guy]

A technical ruling that complies with the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law. Let’s see if congress can come up with a rewrite of the description of a machine gun that doesn’t require the use of a trigger pull to define it. Under this ruling someone could design an automatic weapon that doesn’t have a manual trigger, used for mounting in a drone or vehicle perhaps, that uses an electric circuit to fire the weapon. Would that be a machine gun under the statute?

[ICU 812]

You peak the truth.

It is my belief that firearms that can operate at high rates of fire (whatever that is determined to be) be regulated as though they are true machineguns. To put an arbitrary figure on it, a rate of something around 250 to 300 rounds per minute.or about as fast as one can pull the trigger of a le4gal to own semi-automatic rifle now.

I would open the BATFE registry to those who own non-machineguns that fall into this newly regulated category and have themfill out the paperwork, undergo the heavy background check, pay the fees or tax and wait for it all to clear the system. All just as legal buyers of legally transferrable machineguns do already.

[ICU 812]

Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Under this ruling someone could design an automatic weapon that doesn’t have a manual trigger, used for mounting in a drone or vehicle perhaps, that uses an electric circuit to fire the weapon. Would that be a machine gun under the statute?

Well, that has already been done by the military, and yes indeed, that sort of firearm is considered to be a machinegun.

There is a technical term for the not-a-trigger that you envision. For the sake of clarity, it is called a sear. That is the name of mechanical part that does not allow the gun to fire. until it is released by a manual trigger, or by an electric solenoid etc.