re: Bump/Slide stocks are flying off the shelves

bout 600 to 700

Just heard in tv that the NRA is in agreement that bumpfire stocks should be subject to additional regulation

That is the NRA as usual after something terrible happens, caving to misdirected criticism and going the sheeple route instead of standing tall.

That is why i support the SFA and the GOA. The NRA has shown before they are willing to sell out and give away a piece of your rights in order to save some political capital.

But hey keep buying lifetime memberships and duffle bags so they can continue to make a fortune and cave in the face of public pressure.

I wouldn't start lighting the torches yet. This is what I saw:

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"The National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to immediately review whether these devices comply with federal law,"

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Any device that turns a semi auto gun into a select fire gun is itself a machine gun. Examples would be a DIAS or even a shoestring in some examples. The BATFE has already reviewed Slidefire type stocks and based on technical definitions has ruled them to not be machine guns. The NRA knows this and knows what the answer to the "called for review" is based on the technical definitions of machine guns.

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"The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations."

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function like fully-automatic rifles. In order to function like a fully automatic rifle which by definition would be - Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. Since a bump stock does not make the host weapon shoot more than one shot by a single function of the trigger is would not be what the NRA stated as a type of device designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles.

It would be nearly impossible to make a law banning a certain rate of semi-auto fire. There's just too many factors that play into how fast someone can shoot a gun. Someone would have to invent a limiting device for every gun. Now, if the NRA did back a law to ban the stock, after rightfully finding it is, by absolute definition, not a firearm or machine gun and does not fall under the jurisdiction of the ATF, that would be a treacherous decision to do so.

I think the whole bump stock issue is just a "meh" in many gun owner's minds. I sure as shite don't care about them, and know a bunch of other people who don't either. They're pretty much pointless IMHO (unless you just feel like wasting rounds). It's kind of a non-issue, and nobody really cares.

While I don't support the NRA, they may be using this as a chance for leverage against something else. Who knows with those goons in Washington?

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has the potential to open the door to future regulations on portions of 2A that you may care about

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Like what? I mean, you theoretically just pull back the trigger once and hold on, and it'll keep shooting until it's done. I don't really care about that. It is a useless accessory IMHO, so I could take it or leave it.

It has no bearing on what I do. Until something does, I don't need to worry about it

Just looked at Midway and the Slide Fire site. Looks like everybody has suspended sales as of now.

What the going price, I might have a dozen of slide fire for sale.

You're reaching a little far man. You are basically saying that if you give up bump stocks, the government will be coming for your tennis shoes next.

I have no idea what premise they would pass it under, maybe its own. I'm not a lawyer. I said that I don't care if they get banned, and probably > 100 million people don't either, so it isn't as big of an issue as you make it out to be. They just don't affect people, so people don't care.