Supreme Court hears arguments on question of rifles with bump stocks being machine guns.
Two key questions.
1. What does a single function of the trigger mean?
2. Can we use our interpretation today of the intent of the law in 1934 to mean a rate of fire instead of the language of the law which requires a single function of the trigger.
26 U.S. Code § 5845 (b) Machinegun - The term “machinegun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
Typical automatic rifle fires 15 rounds per second. With an automatic one function of the trigger results in continuous firing without any further trigger function.
A typical semiautomatic rifle fires 5 rounds per second. With a semiautomatic, one function of the trigger results in the firing of one bullet.
A Bump Stock on a typical semiautomatic rifle files 7.5 rounds per second. With a bump stock, the mechanism along with the recoil energy of the gun allow rapid multiple functions of the trigger.
I have no problem with making bump stop illegal.
I do think the language of the law would NOT classify rifles with bump stocks as machine guns.
I think SCOTUS should not make law.
I think Congress should refine the law to include bump stocks if they want to restrict them.
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