Donald Trump: ‘I don’t know why anyone needs an AR-15’
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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.
I wouldn't point it (the bump stock gun) anywhere where there's basically anything downrange for a long ways. Like most things, there's probably unsafe and safe ways to operate it. I probably wouldnt' recommend firing an automatic weapon as your first gun. You can work your way up to that.
If you were in a range, you'd have to fuck up pretty bad to shoot someone. I'm sure it happens.
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.