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I'll save you the trouble of reading the entire court opinion. It basically comes down to the legal definition of "function of the trigger". The majority belie

I'll save you the trouble of reading the entire court opinion. It basically comes down to the legal definition of "function of the trigger". The majority believes "function of the trigger" refers to the action of the gun itself - whether one movement of the trigger releases more than one bullet. The minority argued that if you are exerting constant pressure backwards, that constitutes "a single function of the trigger" and if the gun does a bunch of bouncing around or trickery to turn that into multiple shots it becomes a machine gun. Both arguments are pretty pedantic, but I am going to side with the majority on this one - as both sides point out, anyone is capable of bump firing guns or shooting rapidly without the aid of novelty devices. And the minority argument that any gun can be a machine gun if you fire it rapidly enough seems like a blank check for the legal system. If congress wants to ban bump stocks, they need to actually pass a bill and not let the ATF rely on a loose legal interpretation.

injb 2y ago
>> The minority argued that if you are exerting constant pressure backwards But that isn't how it works. The pressure on the trigger has to be varied for the gun to keep firing. She seems to think that keeping your finger in the same place constitutes "constant pressure" but that's simply not true. If there was constant backward pressure, then your finger would follow the trigger when it moves backwards in recoil. In that case, the bump system wouldn't work. To be fair I think she just genuinely doesn't understand this and the majority are partially to blame for overcomplicating it. With a semi-automatic firearm, you must relieve the pressure/force on the trigger between shots and for that reason it cannot be "a single operation of the trigger". If this fits the definition of "single operation" then you'd only be allowed to fire a semi auto once. Firing it again the following year on your birthday would make it a machinegun.

injb 2y ago

>> The minority argued that if you are exerting constant pressure backwards But that isn't how it works. The pressure on the trigger has to be varied for the gun to keep firing. She seems to think that keeping your finger in the same place constitutes "constant pressure" but that's simply not true. If there was constant backward pressure, then your finger would follow the trigger when it moves backwards in recoil. In that case, the bump system wouldn't work. To be fair I think she just genuinely doesn't understand this and the majority are partially to blame for overcomplicating it. With a semi-automatic firearm, you must relieve the pressure/force on the trigger between shots and for that reason it cannot be "a single operation of the trigger". If this fits the definition of "single operation" then you'd only be allowed to fire a semi auto once. Firing it again the following year on your birthday would make it a machinegun.