Donald Trump: ‘I don’t know why anyone needs an AR-15’
(www.emilypostnews.com)
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He really said that?
He's an ex-New York Democrat. It wouldn't be surprising.
But I trust anonymous "reports" about as much as I trust the parents of joggers who were "good boys". And he also didn't actually do anything to ban AR-15s so meh.
I would wait for corroboration of some sort, but I could see him being dumb enough to say that. He's far from flawless.
he did ban bump stock. or atleast tried too.
He did, after the very suspicious LV shooting.
I'd ban bump stocks. Assault weapon bans are bullshit, but I don't think it's unreasonable to demand that a gun not malfunction and empty the magazine without the user's active input. If you're holding a gun and you put a bullet in someone's brain, it should be because you made the conscious decision to do so.
I just find it an odd thing to ban. You can use one as a toy. It seems harmless in that capacity. It is useless as a weapon and the only one that supposedly used one was the Las Vegas "shooter"
I can't speak specifically of bump stocks, but people have been killed because an inexperienced user's instinctive response to the noise and recoil of firing an automatic weapon was to hold on tight even as muzzle rise pulled the gun off target.
Bump stocks are just a horrible idea in general. What kind of lunatic thinks putting Cruise Control on a gun is a good idea? I'd sleep more soundly knowing my neighbor owns an M249 SAW than a glock with a bump stock.
Nothing in this article leads me in that direction, I'll say that.
3rd hand Trump conversations. Gotta love em
I also think Trump is pliable. It's entirely possible he thought better of that idea. In fact, that's kind of what the article says.
One bullshit source about a private conversation several years ago.