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In reply to the discussion: Do you favor banning "bump stock" devices? (Which enable a semi-auto be used almost like an auto) [View all]better
(884 posts)1. I feel like there should be a third (and maybe fourth) option
        for supporting or opposing regulating them, similarly to how we regulate select-fire or full-auto weapons. 
I generally don't support blanket bans, but I would certainly agree with regulating them more stringently than their unmodified host firearms. That being said, though I can't speak from experience with them, I could potentially support banning them on the basis of safety, in that the weapons to which they are retrofitted may not necessarily be engineered to be capable of sustaining such a rate of fire safely, and it does at least intuitively seem like it would substantially decrease the shooter's control over the weapon, even beyond what merely the increased rate of fire does.
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                        Do you favor banning "bump stock" devices? (Which enable a semi-auto be used almost like an auto) [View all]
							CreekDog
							Oct 2017
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        you don't seem to think it's ok to ban it simply on the basis of how fast and much it can fire
        CreekDog
        Oct 2017
        #15
      
        
        My point is extremely simple: he's trying to make his position sound thoughtful and reasonable
        CreekDog
        Oct 2017
        #19
      
        
        This would actually help a great deal with my retirement plans if they did.
        AtheistCrusader
        Oct 2017
        #23
      
        
        Pistol braces don't give ARs more firepower... they just give them more stupidity.
        JoeStuckInOH
        Oct 2017
        #17
      
        
        Well there are youtube videos of people using rubber bands to bump fire. n/t
        PoliticAverse
        Oct 2017
        #26
      
        
        Does 24 aimed shots in under 15 seconds meet your definition of rapid fire?
        Lurks Often
        Oct 2017
        #37
      
        
        I'll join a few others and say I have no problem going on record in favor of banning these.
        Decoy of Fenris
        Oct 2017
        #36
      
  