NRA Says Bump Stocks ‘Should Be Subject To Additional Regulations’

A little-known device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
A little-known device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock bought 33 ... A little-known device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in South Jordan, Utah. Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock bought 33 guns within the last year, but that didn't raise any red flags. Neither did the mountains of ammunition he was stockpiling, or the bump stocks found in his hotel room that allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic fully automatic weapons. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) MORE LESS
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In the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the National Rifle Association on Thursday broke its days-long silence and called for a review of policy regarding bump stocks, devices that enable semi-automatic rifles to fire at a rate comparable to fully automatic weapons.

“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 said in a statement.

The association said such devices “should be subject to additional regulations.”

Police found bump stocks on several firearms in the hotel room of the alleged gunman who killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds more in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

In the wake of the shooting, conservatives have made a point of bringing up that the ATF decided to allow the sale of bump stocks in 2010, when former President Barack Obama was in office. The NRA also cited that approval in its statement.

Politico on Thursday reported that the NRA’s own shooting range does not allow bump stocks.

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  1. Isn’t this like putting a band-aid over a severed limb?

  2. In other unrelated news SlideFire company did not donate to the NRA this year…

  3. Just as I suspected, the Republicans cleared this in advance with Uncle Wayne at the NRA. Also, note the “blame Obama” angle. Scum.

  4. NRA: Additional regulations = no regulations and grandfather all previous sales

    And BTW, this is what the ATF said in 2010 when it approved the devices:

    “The stock has no automatically functioning mechanical parts or springs and performs no automatic mechanical function when installed. In order to use the device, the shooter must apply constant forward pressure with the non-shooting hands and constant rearward pressure with the shooting hand. Accordingly, we find that the ‘bump stock’ is a firearm part and is not regulated as a firearm under the Gun Control Act or the National Firearms Act.”

    I imagine if the Obama ATF had not approved the devices, the NRA would have ginned up a shit-storm about 2nd amendment rights and would have also tried to get the automatic assault gun ban lifted.

  5. “They’ll have to take my bump stock from my cold, dead, machine-gun-bullet-riddled body.”

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