[DHT]Osiris
Lifer
- Dec 15, 2015
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The whole auto/bump stock thing is relevant for the kind of person that just wants to empty his load into a crowd of kids or some shit. He doesn't care about accuracy, just putting lead downrange into unarmored civilians fleeing. A reminder that the ban came into effect after a shooter in an elevated position rained down on a concert, and even then he didn't get off more than a few full clips iirc. He had a lot more planned, probably didn't realize how fast people move when they need to.I have mixed feelings. I have never had the slightest inclination to shoot up a crowd, or a school, or anywhere else, but if I really wanted to do the most damage, I would not want an automatic because that just empties the magazine and wastes most of the bullets which are not infinite like in some video game, and aiming would be poor as well. You don't have a "great deal of control" of a rifle bouncing back and forth, beyond use for mass shootings where you don't care that much who you hit, and most bullets don't hit anyone, is more about terrorism.
I'm not arguing that bump stocks wouldn't result in more deaths in certain dense crowd situations, but rather that there's a lot of other situations where some lunatic wasting their ammo seems like not such a bad thing. I've never used a bump stock on an AR15, but was in the military and familiar with an M16 and am pro gun ownership, but more restrictive than it is currently.
Rather than bump stock bans, I'd rather there were a FAR more restrictive standard to own assault weapons and AR15 (among others) be classified as one nationally, because that's what it is misused for. Yes I am stating the obvious, but the point is, limiting the accessibility of guns, present and future models, worthwhile to put a bump stock on to begin with, not just automatics. "Assault Weapon" needs redefined.
The whole assault weapon thing is a red herring and always will be. Any attempts to stratify weapons into categories beyond the firing mechanism just devolves into arguing what words mean while mfgs create weapons that skirt the rules.