12-21-2018, 08:41 AM
stanc Wrote:Government and society cannot function without the bureaucracies. In any case, all the complaining about various bureaucratic misdeeds is off topic.
More importantly, none of you are discussing the elephant in the room. The ATF did not initiate this issue. It is Trump who is responsible for this ban.
"I signed a memorandum directing the Attorney General to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns." ~ Donald Trump, 20 Feb 2018
"The President once again fulfilling a promise he made to the American people, and this morning the acting Attorney General signed the final rule making clear that bump stocks are illegal." ~ Sarah Sanders, 18 Dec 2018
Not so much of an elephant in the room as the same old song being played by a different band. Like I stated in my other post, the bump stock ban was a political move by the NRA and president Trump. The ATF is doing Trumps bidding as the ATF did Obama's bidding during the criminal gun runner fiasco. Bureaucracies will always do the bidding of their masters, even if it circumvents the law and, goes beyond their authority while committing serious crimes such as the Ruby Ridge and Waco fiascos. How many bureaucrats were jailed or personally held accountable for that gross misuse of force and murder?? Heck, it was the tax payers who had to pay off the surviving Weaver family members while the perps were promoted and given awards. The system makes it all most impossible to hold the high level bureaucrats personally liable for any high crimes and misdemeanors when compared to Joe six pack. That is, until it is politically convenient. How many bureaucrats went to jail for the gun runner fiasco?? At the end of the day, it is the elected officials who are responsible for the actions and powers entrusted to all bureaucrats. If all else fails, the citizens were given an ace up the sleeve, the 2ndA, but that is another argument.