Regulatory Bump Stock Ban Far From A Done Deal

By Tom Knighton

Following the Las Vegas shooting, the nation became sharply divided on the subject of bump stocks. Despite having been available for years and only having been used in just one criminal act so far as anyone can tell, they were instantly demonized by the anti-gun left. It didn’t help that many pro-gun folks seemed more than willing to throw bump stocks under the bus.

The National Rifle Association argued that bump stocks should be regulated, not banned through legislation.

Ultimately, they got their way. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice began the process to decree the bump stock turns a firearm into a machine gun.

But not so fast. This is far from a done deal, and for once, the Obama administration may well help gun owners.

The federal government has only just begun the process of banning bump stocks for firearms, but Second Amendment groups are already lining up to challenge whatever the Justice Department produces.

Americans have a right to the aftermarket gun accessory, the groups insist, and the Obama administration repeatedly said it didn’t have the power to regulate bump stocks en masse without changes to federal law.

That could undercut the Trump administration’s attempt to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms