The National Rifle Association filed suit in federal court to block a portion of Florida’s new gun control law that raises the minimum age to purchase all firearms to 21. The suit was filed less than two hours after Gov. Rick Scott signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into law. The new law also imposes a …
SHOT Show Organizers Call on ATF to Review Bump Fire Stocks
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released a joint statement with the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) requesting ATF review of bump fire stocks, something the ATF has already done a reported four times. Each of those reviews resulted in the ATF determining that bump fire stocks violate no laws regardless of their purpose or effect. However, that …
NRA Opposes Legislative Ban on Bump Fire Stocks
The National Rifle Association came out against legislation now in both the House and the Senate that would nominally ban the use of bump stocks with wording that could also outlaw many ordinary accessories, such as match triggers or lightened bolt carriers. This is after several days of NRA officials stating publicly that the organization supports additional regulation for bump …
YouTube Changes Community Guidelines, Creates “Gunpocalypse”
I had previously written about YouTube deleting bump fire stock videos from well-known gun channels combined with the doling out of Community Guidelines strikes. Many asked how videos that were not against the Community Guidelines could get strikes. The answer? YouTube changed the guidelines, and as usual, gave no prior warning. The new guidelines are even more vague than the …
YouTube Deleting All Bump Fire Stock Videos, Awarding Strikes to Publishers
YouTube has begun deleting all bump fire stock videos from the platform with no notice given to publishers. Some are also receiving a Community Guideline strike. This process seems to be a manual one as many bump fire stock videos remain on YouTube, though the number is steadily shrinking. So far, the Military Arms Channel, 22Plinkster, and BigShooterist each report …
NRA Calls for “Additional Regulations” on Bump Fire Stocks
“The NRA believes that devices designed to allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.” – National Rifle Association The NRA is backing “additional regulations” on devices to accelerate the rate of fire of semi-automatic firearms, including bump fire stocks. Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox went on record today with the following: “In …
Bumpfire Stocks Banned at NRA’s Firing Range
Politico reports that the range at NRA headquarters bans the use of bump fire stocks and similar systems due to safety concerns. Though the organization would not respond to a request for comment, Politico states that the range policy has been independently verified. In the same report, Paul Valone of the gun rights organization Grass Roots North Carolina seemed to …
Feinstein Introduces “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation written to close what she labels an “automatic weapons loophole,” where devices allow semi-automatic firearms to be operated with rates of fire approaching those of actual machine guns. The “Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act” is modeled after existing California law that classifies semi-automatic weapons outfitted with bumpfire stocks as machine guns. Feinstein included a similar provision …