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[–] force 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

You can bump fire any gun without a bump stock or a trigger mechanism, on a lot of guns it's stupid easy and you can do it without experience. It doesn't turn it into a "fully automatic machine gun". Someone with barely any firearm experience can take any pistol or rifle and be shown how to bump fire within like a minute. It has nothing to do with accessories, although things like those can make it a little easier.

I'm a big advocate for better gun control, but what you're implying is just dishonest, even if unintentionally.

Posting that kind of stuff makes you sound like you have no idea what you're talking about (the way you worded it just sounds cringey) which makes people less inclined to be influenced by what you say, and hurts support of gun regulation by convincing witnesses that everybody who likes gun control is misinformed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Then you'll have no issue with banning bumpstocks then eh? And other mechanisms that move this from skill based to technology based?

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