So Trump is all set to do his ban on “bump stocks.” Let’s look at a few aspects of this:
1 – This is not being done by legislation. It is being unilaterally done, dictator-style, by just declaring bump-stocks to fit within the definition of what is already “illegal,” in direct contrast to the DOJ’s own prior interpretation of the law, going back for decades. In other words, Trump is declaring that what the ATF and DOJ thought the law meant before wasn’t authoritarian and controlling enough. (Incidentally, he could just as easily do the same thing with tri-burst trigger assemblies next.)
2 – Unlike the misnamed 1994 “assaults weapons ban,” this dictatorial decree prohibits the possession of things that lots of people already legally own, and requires people to destroy or surrender them.
3 – This is a violation of the Fifth Amendment, in that in requires people to destroy or hand over their own previously “legal” property, without compensation.
4 – This is a violation of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, since nothing in the Constitution gives the federal government any jurisdiction over such matters. (Of course, that is true of most federal “legislation,” but Trump is continuing the totalitarian practice of pretending the state can do whatever the hell it wants.)
5 – This is a violation of the Second Amendment, as it constitutes federal legislation restricting the ability of the people to keep and bear arms. (Again, this certainly isn’t the first example of that, but Trump is continuing the authoritarian bullshit.)
If your response to all of this is, “4D chess,” you’re an idiot. In fact, if you make excuses for it at all, you are a boot-licking pawn of a lawless, dictatorial megalomaniac, and just as bad as the twits who mindless cheered for Chairman Obama’s authoritarian crap.
By the way, this is worse “gun control” than any Democrat President or Congress has passed in my lifetime, because it prohibits the possession of already-existing private property.
So let’s see how many proud Trumpites have excuses for this.
who registered a bumpstock?
No one,, if your smart enough to think for your self , you would realize they have no idea who has them or where they are
and they should get NOTHING !
keep pushing for a Revolution jackasses
“If your response to all of this is, “4D chess,” you’re an idiot.” PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe I said just about exactly this the other day, but in retrospect I erroneously left out chump’s violation of Article VIII as well.
Denying any person(s) the right to adequately defend one’s self, family, Nation, property or property rights, or being subject to the will of another having greater strength and malintent definitely falls under the definition of cruel and unusual punishment.
Let’s not forget Article I either, because speech alone is enough to summon the king’s droogies by a rope-needing snitch.
Is Article III the ONLY Article one this treasonous A-HOLE DIDN’T F up?!
Jeez…
I thought bumpstock had something to do with Wall Street ……….. 🙂
Hard to take morsels from Larken.
Some things cannot be forgiven.
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