April 1, 2019|RIFLES, OPINION
Pictured: S&W M&P 15-22 with a bump-stock
In last weeks Blog Post I discussed what differentiates machine-guns from bump-stocks, please review that article for in depth information into their differences. In this weeks Blog Post (Pt.2) I will be discussing why the bump stock ban is a Slippery Slope.
Many in the 2A community are of the belief that bump stocks are “stupid” or “novelty items at best” and, they’re absolutely right. I don’t care much for bump-stocks, as I said last week they’re a very poor simulator and I don’t like poorly performing tools especially when it comes to my firearms. So who cares then, right? Why are we arguing about this? Why are we fighting it? Why not just give them up and live to fight another day? That is precisely what this segment is about. President Trump’s bump-stock ban is the ammunition needed by the next anti-gun administration to ban every single last semi-automatic firearm in the country.
The left will say over and over and over that gun confiscation will never happen in the United States. They literally say this as they are confiscating our bump-stocks by threat of felony and imprisonment with no compensation for our legally purchased (previously and repeatedly approved by the ATF) legal items. This IS gun confiscation. The literal definition of confiscation is “the action of taking or seizing someone’s property with authority; seizure.” Hmmmmm….. The left is lying? Unbelievable. (Photo byVladimir Palyanov on Unsplash)
Let me get into how the bump-stock ban is going to effectively reclassify semi-automatics as NFA items, virtually rendering them illegal and leaving law enforcement no option but to confiscate somewhere around 200,000,000 firearms from law abiding citizens. First lets briefly get into some of the troubling language in the ban. According to p. 13457 of the Federal Register, A “machinegun,” “machine pistol,” “submachinegun,” or “automatic rifle” is a weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot…
Now, there is simply and entirely just too much content in the ban to process it all in a blog post or even a series of blog posts. Because of this the scope of this writing is only going to cover the single most dangerous section of language in the ruling: “or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one shot”. That’s not such a big deal; Is it?
YES IT IS! But why you ask?
To answer this let’s compare the AR-15 and M16 rifles. There are many variants of these rifles and people everywhere customize their rifles and make modifications and add or remove features, but the one thing that makes a well maintained AR-15 different from an M16 is the fact that it does not and cannot fire in full auto, ever. The M16 has only a few small parts and a single additional pin-hole in the receiver and that is all that an AR-15 would need, to be converted to a full-auto rifle under the old interpretation of the law. But, under this new ruling, if a firearm is “Readily Convertible” to full-auto it is to be considered a machine-gun. Well if you ask me, that is some awfully broad language that could be easily used and debated by anti-gunners. So, where is the line? How many additional parts would constitute the term Readily? How about time-frame? What if it only takes 2 parts but takes someone 20 hours of work to do the conversion, is that “readily convertible”? What if takes 200 parts but only takes a guy 2 hours to complete the conversion, is that “readily convertible”? What if it takes 5000 parts and 200,000 hours? Let me guess anti-gunners… that is definitely Readily Convertible. (Photo by Specna Arms onUnsplash)
For anyone who has paid one bit of non-partisan attention to the happenings of the past 3.5 years this is terrifying. The anti-gunners, most commonly those of the Liberal, Democrat or Socialist persuasion have not been playing fair. They’ve been playing as dirty as dirty can get and all of us who believe in the Constitution of the United States of America should be very worried that they are coming for our guns; And, since our great Republican President was the man who made this change, how could the Conservatives or pro-gunners even begin to claim they disagree?
Those who disagree will be the deemed the “crazy radicals on the right”. The way many of us feel about our extreme Liberal, Democratic or Socialist counterparts will be the EXACT light in which we will be cast when we disagree with the position of President Trump. I mean how could we not be evil and insane considering Donald Trump is as evil as they come according to many of these folks, and we will now appear to be even further Right than that evil man.
Wake up people, we are in very dangerous territory here. Gun confiscation is already upon us, our bump stocks are being forcefully taken from us with no monetary recourse and with threat of imprisonment. All the anti-gunners need is some ammo, and now they’ll have it thanks to Trump. I just pray to God that Gun Owners of America is successful in their lawsuit against this grossly Unconstitutional reform.
Socialist ideals? Tune in next week for the conclusion to our 3 part Blog Post Series on the dangers of the bump-stock ban and Socialist ideals. And as always, contact the Prescott Caliber Club for the best deals on firearms, accessories and preparedness gear or if you’d like to book one of our Shooting Experiences!