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The Trump administration seems pretty confident these won't be used against them personally.
Well, they literally have a force feedback loop of propaganda aimed at themselves 24/7.
They think they own all 500 million guns in the US and they are all John J Rambo
That's a select fire switch which is a little different.
What this is about are Hellfire Triggers which are impossible to control. If you know what one looks like, you can make it yourself.
Please with the hysterics it’s not like anyone has ever done something like that before
Please add a nsfw tag or other warning to this.
The history on this is interesting
Trump banned bump stocks as a reaction to the Vegas massacre.
Then the supreme court ruled that unconstitutional.
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/14/g-s1-2929/supreme-court-bump-stocks
Now the trump admin is going to permit more things like the bump stock to be sold legally. Specifically, something that makes a semi automatic gun fire much more rapidly.
Would be a very Trumpian thing if he lost the civil uprising because of this decision.
Maybe if the ATF wasn’t so terrible and sloppy and did things that made sense and did things legally we could have some sensible gun laws.
Before I read the article, I’m going to go with “bump stocks” as the device. Let’s find out if I’m right…
Nope although they do get a mention. Apparently in this case it's forced reset triggers. Saying they allow a semi-auto gun to fire like a full-auto is a bit of a stretch though, even more so than for a bump stock.
Yeah that’s such horse shit. You still have to pull the trigger.
We might need those soon.
Just ordered one for my pistol. Will be a fun (and stupid) way to mag dump a drum.
Hopefully it'll end with the ultimate irony.
so you can turn a simi into a functionally auto rifle but you cant put a suppressor on it?
No suppressor, no super long mags, no belt feed, no barrel mounted grenade launcher, no incendiary rounds.
What is and what is not legal is funny in the US
I'm commenting from New Zealand where we have real restrictions on semi rifles, but can own as many suppressors as we like
In the USA, a suppressor magically makes the firearm deadly silent, so the ATF had to regulate them into NFA items which is bullshit. Also blame Hollywood.
Eagle screech fades into high pitch whine
He hasn't antagonized the hoplophobes recently.
Full auto weapons should be legal. Only idiots think full auto weapons are more dangerous. If someone is going to try using full auto during a crime all that will happen is the weapon will pull to the side and expend all it's ammo in a few seconds. There is a reason why the military changed to semi auto/burst rifles as the standard.
Hey cool, the magazine will be empty before people can get to safety!
I know how it won't end, and that's the device being deployed against the people who deserve to have it deployed against them the most.