The hidden danger in the Federal bump stock ban
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:25 am
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/trumps ... z5aTtVd0ze
Excerpt:
For decades, rights advocates have argued that conversion of a semi-automatic into a full-automatic, is a complicated and challenging process requiring specialized skills and equipment. Though there have been various workaround techniques demonstrated, such as the infamous, full-auto shoestring, and the time-honored, file-down-the-disconnector trick, there has never been an easy way to truly convert a semi-automatic into a machine gun. This new regulation changes that.
Whether you agree with the BATFE's new definitions or not, once this goes into effect, under the color of law, it will be a straightforward thing to technically “convert†any semi-auto into a “machine gun.†And that creates some severe issues because the law also defines “machine gun†to include “any weapon†that can be “readily restored to shoot†more than one shot with a single function of the trigger.
It is also long-established law, that “readily restored†actually means “easily converted†to fire full-auto, such as the KG-9 pistol, which was classified as a machine gun because it fired from an open bolt, and could be relatively easily converted to full-auto by filing off the secondary sear.
By legally defining “bump-stock-type devices†as “machine guns†that can convert semi-automatic guns into “machine guns,†then by these same definitions, any semi-automatic rifle becomes a “machine gun†because they can all be “readily restored†to be “machine guns.â€
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Excerpt:
For decades, rights advocates have argued that conversion of a semi-automatic into a full-automatic, is a complicated and challenging process requiring specialized skills and equipment. Though there have been various workaround techniques demonstrated, such as the infamous, full-auto shoestring, and the time-honored, file-down-the-disconnector trick, there has never been an easy way to truly convert a semi-automatic into a machine gun. This new regulation changes that.
Whether you agree with the BATFE's new definitions or not, once this goes into effect, under the color of law, it will be a straightforward thing to technically “convert†any semi-auto into a “machine gun.†And that creates some severe issues because the law also defines “machine gun†to include “any weapon†that can be “readily restored to shoot†more than one shot with a single function of the trigger.
It is also long-established law, that “readily restored†actually means “easily converted†to fire full-auto, such as the KG-9 pistol, which was classified as a machine gun because it fired from an open bolt, and could be relatively easily converted to full-auto by filing off the secondary sear.
By legally defining “bump-stock-type devices†as “machine guns†that can convert semi-automatic guns into “machine guns,†then by these same definitions, any semi-automatic rifle becomes a “machine gun†because they can all be “readily restored†to be “machine guns.â€
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