Show threadFinchHaven sfbaMay 18

@GottaLaff

"The Trump administration has struck a deal to allow sales of a trigger mechanism that allows a semiautomatic firearm to fire more rapidly,"

This may be the famous #BumpStock which was shown to be so effective at #LasVegas in 2017

Show threadjoe•iuculano Jul 5, 2024

6. Do you agree with the #SCOTUS decision throwing out your #BumpStock ban?
7. Do #transgender people deserve #EqualRights?
8. What should the punishment be for getting an #abortion?
9. Will you allow #veterans to keep their benefits?
10. How would you handle the #Gaza protests on college campuses?
11. What is your plan for #peace in the #MiddleEast?

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beSpacificJun 20, 2024
#SupremeCourt #BumpStock Ruling Reflects Its #MAGA Agenda. How else do you explain a decision that says devices that enable #semiautomatic #rifles to be turned into copycat machine guns are okay? https://archive.is/mupGa#selection-1361.0-1369.134 #GOP #courts #bilionaires #gunviolence #legalresearch #publicsafety
⚡️ Kozmo Voted Blue ⚡️Jun 17, 2024

Justice Thomas’ definition of what is NOT a machine gun: “the trigger must still be released and reengaged to fire each additional shot,”

With a bump stock, the trigger is released and reengaged automatically. Check out what that means. Bump stock is demonstrated at 5:39. Entire video is worth the time.

I would call it a machine
gun. If SCOTUS doesn't like that, we could Instead call it an “Alito-Thomas semi-automatic.”

#bumpstock #SCOTUS #guns #GunViolence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDJ0cJvN_N0

‘Deadly consequence’: Supreme Court rolls back Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks 

YouTube
Bruce MirkenJun 15, 2024
The indispensible Ian Milhiser on the #SCOTUS #bumpstock ruling: "What the Court’s decision in Cargill exposes is that not every statutory interpretation question has a clear answer, and judges can often pick the outcome that they want." https://www.vox.com/scotus/355399/supreme-court-bump-stocks-machine-guns-garland-cargill
The Supreme Court just effectively legalized machine guns

On a party line vote, the Court legalized “bump stocks,” which convert semiautomatic guns into fully automatic ones.

Vox
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸Jun 15, 2024

> “the trigger must still be released and reengaged to fire each additional shot,” Thomas wrote.

So by this logic then I can build myself a robotic hand that pulls the trigger of my gun automatically since the trigger itself still has to get pressed.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-guns-bump-stocks-b3bd1b4163d78514a6d5acc5b44c8b3d

#bumpStock #guncontrol #scotus #clarenceThomas #uspolitics #guns #2A #assaultRifle

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on gun bump stocks

The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire gun accessory that was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The high court Friday found the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course from previous administrations and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with semiautomatic rifles in 2017. A Texas gun shop owner challenged the ban, arguing the Justice Department wrongly classified bump stocks as illegal machine guns. The Biden administration said the department made the right call for gun accessories that can allow a rate of fire similar to an automatic weapon.

AP News
Democracy LabsJun 15, 2024
Stop the Sale of Bump Stocks: Sign this Sandy Hook Promise Petition
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/06/14/stop-the-sale-of-bump-stocks-sign-this-sandy-hook-promise-petition/
#bumpstock #mass shootings #assault weapons #SCOTUS
Stop the Sale of Bump Stocks: Sign this Sandy Hook Promise Petition

House Republicans are working on behalf of the gun lobby/industry to defund the ATF

The Democracy Labs
jackhutton 🇺🇸Jun 15, 2024

..and, we still, 7 years later, don’t know WHY ..what motivated Stephen Paddock .. what the hell.. [The LA Times]: The mystery of Stephen Paddock — gambler, real estate investor, mass killer
By Ruben Vives, Harriet Ryan and Joseph Serna
Oct. 2, 2017

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooter-what-we-know-20171002-story.html

#lasVegas #bumpstock #stephenPaddock

The mystery of Stephen Paddock — gambler, real estate investor, mass killer

What we know about Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old gunman who shot and killed at least 59 people and wounded 500 others in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadNonilexJun 14, 2024

#NRA executive director #RandyKozuch celebrates the #SCOTUS #BumpStock ruling:

“The Supreme Court has properly restrained executive branch agencies to their role of enforcing, & not making, the law. This decision will be pivotal to NRA’s future challenges of ATF regulations.”

#law #SCOTUSstench #DarkMoney #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #ClarenceThomas #Alito #JohnRoberts #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #HarlanCrow

AndyHJun 14, 2024
#scotus #bumpstock