Trump Administration bans bump stocks

[Hank77]

The more fundamental point stands, however. Congress could have done this, but Republicans largely lacked the courage to go against the NRA (or their own understanding of the 2nd Amendment). So the executive branch had to act/take any heat.

see post 19 Was the NRA against it? Maybe not.

Very often the problem with bills in Congress is that they don't address what most everyone sees as a problem to correct but lumps in other problems that there isn't agreement on, so what could be/should be corrected quickly can't be.
I'm sure you are aware of this. This is why presidents have wished for line item veto power. Of coarse they should never be allowed to have it.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

What EO? The DOJ, reclassified them as they convert a semi-automatic basically into a machine guns, which are illegal.

After Obama’s DOJ said they were an accessory…

 

[Hank77]

After Obama’s DOJ said they were an accessory…

Are you sure?
I don't know when they were first being sold and when they were first classified.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Are you sure?
I don't know when they were first being sold and when they were first classified.

FLASHBACK: Obama Administration Signed Off On The Use of Bump Stocks in 2010

 

[Hank77]

FLASHBACK: Obama Administration Signed Off On The Use of Bump Stocks in 2010

Thanks!

 

[mark46]

You are correct. I should have said executive action, rather than Executive Order.

The Republican Congress refused to take up bi-partisan legislation.

What EO? The DOJ, reclassified them as they convert a semi-automatic basically into a machine guns, which are illegal.