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Watch this video showing how a BUMP STOCK works and tell me it is not a machine gun [1]

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Date: 2024-06-17  

Last week, the Supreme Court's six conservative Justices declared that a semi-automatic rifle modified with a bump stock is not a machine gun. This consideration is important because, in 1934, Congress passed the National Firearms Act (NFA) to limit the availability of machine guns, short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles, sound suppressors (silencers), and other similar weapons that were often used by criminals during the Prohibition Era.

Congress expanded the scope of the NFA through the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 to include destructive devices (e.g., explosive and incendiary bombs, flash-bang grenades, and weapons with a bore larger than one-half inch in diameter), machine gun frames or receivers, and conversion kits for machine guns.

In the Garland vs. Cargill decision, SCOTUS ruled that bump stocks are not “conversion kits for machine guns” because the shooter technically has to pull the trigger each time to fire a bullet.

But do they?

Watch this video and decide. The visual tells a tale, but the audio seals the deal. Watch until the end.

x Dear Clarence Thomas and far-right Supreme Court justices, Please tell the American people again how an AR-15 fitted with a bump stock is not a machine gun.



Fuck y'all. Sincerely, the overwhelming majority of American people.pic.twitter.com/T4G4oFpD1I — Bill Madden (@maddenifico) June 14, 2024

“Accuracy is severely compromised, but accuracy isn’t really the point of full auto.” In other words, “spray and pray.” You may hit a bunch of innocent people … but self-defense, 2A, fuck you.

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