Public comments on bump stock ban due Wednesday

By Christen Smith

Slide Fire Solutions SSAR-15 MOD bump stock. (Photo: Slide Fire Solutions/Facebook)
Federal regulators will close the public comment period on a pending bump stock ban this week.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives proposed the new rule in March, potentially classifying the devices as “machine guns” under the National Firearms Act and the Gun Control Act. The policy change came at the urging of President Donald Trump after public fervor for government action on gun regulations reached a fever-pitch post Parkland.
Bump stocks, which mimic automatic gun fire, first gained notoriety in October after a lone gunman mowed down 58 people and injured more than 850 others on the Las Vegas strip. Attorney General Jeff Sessions described the proposal as “a crucial step in our effort to reduce the threat of gun violence that is in keeping with the Constitution and the laws passed by Congress.”
As of Monday, more than 82,000 people submitted comments regarding the rule ahead of the June 27 deadline. Many supported the proposal, insisting bump stocks “should never have been legal,” while others fear the ban will infringe on Constitutional rights.
The rule represents an about-face for the ATF, too. Back in 2010, the agency declined regulating a

Source: Guns.com