I never heard of "bump stocks" until the Las Vegas massacre this week. And I am a medium savvy gun guy. Not a total expert, but reasonably knowledgeable. From what the MSM is telling us (you can believe as much of that as you like) the bump stock is some kind of spring loaded rifle stock that gets an otherwise legal semi automatic AR15 to fire at 700 rounds per minute, machine gun speed. And the Las Vegas shooter used some. Apparently the Obama administration ruled bump stocks to be legal a few years ago.
And the Congress is so happy to find something to ban, that most of us would not object to banning. They can pass a law, gain some favorable publicity, what's not to like?
Depends upon what the letter of the proposed law might be. Congress critters (mostly dumb as rocks) might vote for language so broad as to outlaw perfectly ordinary shooting accessories like slings, sights, cheek pads, and rests. I agree that such a law needs to define what it is banning. Just banning "bump stocks" doesn't work, the makers simply rename the product some thing else, anti recoil stock for example, and go right on selling them. They gotta come up with words that only ban devices that raise the rate of fire.
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