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Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« on: October 03, 2017, 01:57:49 pm »
Tuesday, 03 Oct 2017 12:54 AM

The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two "bump-stocks" that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones, officials said.

The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has long railed against them. Several years ago, she told The Associated Press she was concerned about the emergence of new technologies that could retrofit firearms to make them fully automatic.

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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2017, 02:01:37 pm »
This takes away a lot of the questions on how he got automatic weapons.

Bump stock devices are cheap, easy to get a hold of, easy to install, and easy to use. You can learn everything you need to off YouTube videos and buy them at Cabelas for under $200.
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2017, 02:16:21 pm »
400 to 800 rounds per minute? What would be the effect on the trigger finger?
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2017, 02:20:10 pm »
Quote from: endicom on October 03, 2017, 02:16:21 pm
400 to 800 rounds per minute? What would be the effect on the trigger finger?

With a bump stock, your finger doesn't move. All the work is done by the recoil of the gun and the stock allows it to move back and forth versus pulling the trigger. You just hold your finger still and let the gun do the work. (it even supports your finger).
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2017, 02:22:42 pm »
Quote from: endicom on October 03, 2017, 02:16:21 pm
400 to 800 rounds per minute? What would be the effect on the trigger finger?

Keep in mind this is not likely a belt fed rifle.  Typically going to be over rather quick in 30 round magazine.
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2017, 02:23:19 pm »
You can do the same thing with a rubber band and your pants belt loop, and with the same essential accuracy - damned little.  Not that this sick bastard needed to be accurate when firing indiscriminately into a crowd.  The point is that passing yet another law is not ever going to deter criminals and crazies.
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2017, 02:29:28 pm »
Guns are inanimate objects and as such cannot do a single thing own their own.  They can only do what they are directed to do by some outside agent. Most often a person!

Blaming guns for crimes is like blaming spoons for making you fat!
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2017, 02:37:02 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on October 03, 2017, 02:23:19 pm
You can do the same thing with a rubber band and your pants belt loop, and with the same essential accuracy - damned little.  Not that this sick bastard needed to be accurate when firing indiscriminately into a crowd.  The point is that passing yet another law is not ever going to deter criminals and crazies.
"The point is that passing yet another law is not ever going to deter criminals and crazies"

That is the key point. If a person is determined to kill a lot of people, he or she can acquire the ways and methods to do so. Islamists proved that in France with the trucks. The same evil thing can be done in America.  The only good response is eternal vigilance and authorities who are smart enough to stop evil plots before they happen.
But there was no way anybody could predict this guy would do what he did.
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2017, 04:31:23 pm »
Sumthin' tells me that these "slide fire" and "bump stock" accessories are gonna be "goin' away" before too much longer.

I see two possible options:

#1: The companies that make these will voluntarily discontinue production.
or (if they're unwilling to do so)...
#2: A new law which bans their manufacture, importation and sale.

That page from Cabela's that AbaraXas posted above?
I don't expect to see that around for too long!

Not sayin' it's right.
Jes' sayin' what reality is.
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Re: Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2017, 04:57:02 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on October 03, 2017, 04:31:23 pm
Sumthin' tells me that these "slide fire" and "bump stock" accessories are gonna be "goin' away" before too much longer.

I see two possible options:

#1: The companies that make these will voluntarily discontinue production.
or (if they're unwilling to do so)...
#2: A new law which bans their manufacture, importation and sale.

That page from Cabela's that AbaraXas posted above?
I don't expect to see that around for too long!

Not sayin' it's right.
Jes' sayin' what reality is.

I suspect you are right, just like when Wal Mart stopped selling AR style rifles after one of the shootings.
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