NRA Calls for ATF to Review Bump Fire Stocks – Why it won’t matter

By Rich Mitchell

By Rich Mitchell

In a departure from its usual opposition to restrictions on firearms and firearm accessories, the National Rifle Association is officially asking the ATF to review bump fire stocks similar to those used by Stephen Craig Paddock to kill 58 people and wound almost 500 others in Las Vegas Sunday night. The review won’t likely change anything. ” In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify the firearms involved,” the NRA said in a statement referring to bump fire stocks. “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.  The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.” The review, performed by the ATF’s technical division, functions to clarify laws and rules around devices and substances the agency regulates. An ATF review of bump fire stocks is likely to yield no substantive changes to the availability of the devices because there is no law nor regulation prohibiting the use of a device that helps a shooter shoot faster. The trouble comes from definitions in the National Firearms Act of …

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