GOA Reports ATF Bump Stock Commentary Mostly Pro-Gun

By Tom Knighton

When the ATF closed the comment period for bump stocks, plenty of pro-gun folks were worried. Would the Bureau decide to regulate bump stocks out of existence? If so, it will represent a dynamic overreach by the ATF, one that will give precedence for regulating any number of other things the ATF has no business regulating into illegality.

By even taking comments, the ATF created concern in the firearms community, but if they take them to heart, we have nothing to worry about according to a press release from the GOA yesterday.

Pro-Gunners Vastly Outnumber Anti-Gunners on ATF Bump Stock Comments

Springfield, VA – According to research conducted by The Trace, a publication established by Everytown for Gun Safety and anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) public comments on bump stocks were vastly pro-gun.

According to the publication, “The Trace downloaded the text of more than 32,000 of the comments and used computer scripts to parse and analyze them. The comments overwhelmingly opposed regulating bump stocks. Only 13 percent were in support of the proposal to regulate the devices.”

Eighty-five percent of the comments were opposed to bump stock regulations, thirteen percent supported bump stock …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms