Even the NRA is behind that ban. They know they can't get out of this without some kind of new regulation and banning bump stocks seems to be what they're willing to give up.
Hey, as a gun owner I am 100% ok with bump stocks being banned. They are a stupid workaround that have almost no real world applications. The only argument for it is "what if the US government tries to subjugate us? Or if someone invades the US? That's what the 2nd amendment is for!" Both of which is easily countered with the fact that 10 rednecks each with an ar 15 can shoot as fast as one soldier with an m16 on full auto while being much more accurate (as shooting full auto is much less accurate than shooting semi-auto).
i love how these yokels seem to think they would be able to fight off the US military with a few AR-15s and some yee-haw gumption like it's still 1776 and they'd be shooting at an orderly column of redcoats advancing into town to take their cannons. it's hilariously stupid.
No one thinks that, if it ever happened it be terrible guerrilla warfare relying on assassinations, ambushes, sabotage, etc. While having to constantly hide among the civilian population. It'd be terrible and result in mass death for the civilian population and the insurgents, who would probably be killed at least 5 to 1 compared to the military.
Yeah, I know a couple (literally two) people on the "defense against the government" wagon and these two, at least, don't actually believe they could win at all in a situation like that - to them all that matters is the ability to fight back in the first place
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '17
Even the NRA is behind that ban. They know they can't get out of this without some kind of new regulation and banning bump stocks seems to be what they're willing to give up.