12-30-2018, 01:24 PM
stanc Wrote:That may be how the NRA and the President viewed it, with bump stocks being sacrificed in an attempt to save semi-auto rifles.
If that is indeed the reason bump stocks were banned, it's a ploy that will not work, because it will not prevent mass shootings.
The next shooting rampage with an AR15 will cause efforts to impose a ban on semi-auto rifles to resume as intensely as before.
Stan:
You appear to believe the leftists care about mass shootings, killings via bombings, killings via running cars or trucks into people, etc. They want all guns banned and mass shootings are simply a easier way for them to get public support. If they really cared about safety, they would do more than just shrug their shoulders about the cop who got murdered by the illegal over the weekend in California. The last leftist I heard talk about it said something to the effect of 'well, being a policeman is a dangerous job'.
They are quick to shout that saving even one life by banning firearms is worth anything, but apparently saving one cop's life by closing the border and aggressively seeking out and deporting illegals who are criminals would be a violation of the Constitution (their version of the Constitution).
So, the debate is not about bump stocks being used in mass shootings. It is a pretty simple debate. Those who have wished to destroy the Constitution since the mid 60's and impose their totalitarian vision of 'social justice' on America (a country they believe is evil), want to disarm those they believe will oppose them. It is that simple.
Stopping mass shootings is not something the left wants. It deprives them of ammunition.
LR55