Media Continues To Ignore Reality On Bump Stocks

By Tom Knighton

A year ago today, I spent my entire day reading and watching and writing, all trying to gather as much information as I could on the awful events that had unfolded in Las Vegas the previous evening. It was awful and I still have difficulty processing that something like that actually happened.

However, it was also a golden time for gun control activists. For once, they had something they could ban and would probably get banned. The bump stock.

It seemed that everyone wanted to see the things gone, including a fair number of Bearing Arms commenters. Even some of those who had little interest in banning them admitted that it wasn’t a hill they were willing to die on.

Yet the furor died down like it always does. Bump stocks were safe. Or, at least, so we thought.

It seems that President Trump, who has taken pretty pro-Second Amendment positions, is in favor of banning the blasted things. Additionally, the media is still interested in presenting an inaccurate picture of bump fire.

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Source:: Bearing Arms