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Sotomayer Doesn't Understand Guns
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Diogenes View PostBump stocks are back on the rack boys as SCOTUS overturns bump stock bans. In a classic move, leftists don't understand how guns work
“When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck,” Sotomayor wrote in her dissent. “A bump-stock-equipped semiautomatic rifle fires ‘automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.’ Because I, like Congress, call that a machinegun, I respectfully dissent.”
Of course, she's not alone in not understanding how guns function:
The pro-gun safety group Brady United similarly denounced the ruling, saying in a statement on X: “Bump stocks essentially turn semi-automatic weapons into machine guns. Weapons of war should have no place in our communities.”
Thomas, of course, actually understands how guns function:
“A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does,” Thomas wrote in his opinion. “Even with a bump stock, a semiautomatic rifle will fire only one shot for every ‘function of the trigger.’
Quotes per CNN
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Originally posted by JimL View Post
Justice Thomas is an idiot, and a corrupt idiot at that. He probably has an NRA paid for vacation coming up. The Bump stock turns a semiautomatic rifle into a gun that can shoot 800 rounds a minute. I don't care what lame excuses you come up with, that's a machine gun. Common sense.
You don't like the facts of the law and that Thomas knows more about how guns operate than you.
As a point though, certain machine guns are still technically legal. They're expensive, but still legal.P1) If , then I win.
P2)
C) I win.
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View Post
All of this is irrelevant to the actual wording of the law, which is the proper basis for non-activist court rulings.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Diogenes View Post
Translastion:
You don't like the facts of the law and that Thomas knows more about how guns operate than you.
As a point though, certain machine guns are still technically legal. They're expensive, but still legal.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostThomas' remark torpedoes your declaration.
“A bump stock does not convert a semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun any more than a shooter with a lightning-fast trigger finger does,” Thomas wrote in his opinion. “Even with a bump stock, a semiautomatic rifle will fire only one shot for every ‘function of the trigger.’
That's what both understanding firearms and the law looks like.
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Originally posted by Diogenes View Post
Thomas address the technical aspect:
“Firing multiple shots using a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock requires more than a single function of the trigger,” Thomas wrote, underscoring the idea that the devices are not the same thing as an automatic weapon where a shooter simply holds down a trigger.
“Too much forward pressure and the rifle will not slide back far enough to release and reset the trigger, preventing the rifle from firing another shot. Too little pressure and the trigger will not bump the shooter’s trigger finger with sufficient force to fire another shot,” Thomas wrote. “Without this ongoing manual input, a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock will not fire multiple shots. Thus, firing multiple shots requires engaging the trigger one time — and then some.”
Democrats have been free to pass legislation. As SCOTUS rightly finds, ATF overreach is unconstitutional.
Zooming out:
https://heyjackass.com/
Pregnant Florida woman uses AR-15 to fend off burglars attacking her family
Weapons don't simply have to be useful for hunting to be constitutionally protected. If you were familiar with the US as you incredulously pretend to be, you would know that.
"Mass shootings" are minority of gun homicide and even more so of gun deaths. I'm reminded of the Chicago reported who tried to buy a gun to prove how easy it was only to be denied one based on domestic violence records. I would agree though agencies need to communicate better with each other regarding disqualifying incidents.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Diogenes View Post
Translastion:
You don't like the facts of the law and that Thomas knows more about how guns operate than you.
As a point though, certain machine guns are still technically legal. They're expensive, but still legal.
Had bump stocks been available when machine guns were banned do you think they would have included the ban of bump stocks in that law? Of course they would have, they're virtually the same. Common sense.
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Originally posted by JimL View Post
You might just try using your common sense. Justice Thomas should try doing the same instead of being a technical nerd.
Had bump stocks been available when machine guns were banned do you think they would have included the ban of bump stocks in that law? Of course they would have, they're virtually the same. Common sense.P1) If , then I win.
P2)
C) I win.
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Originally posted by JimL View Post
Justice Thomas is an idiot, and a corrupt idiot at that. He probably has an NRA paid for vacation coming up. The Bump stock turns a semiautomatic rifle into a gun that can shoot 800 rounds a minute. I don't care what lame excuses you come up with, that's a machine gun. Common sense.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostOnly for those who've been approved by the ATF.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by JimL View Post
That's what justices who leave their common sense at the door does.
In more than one case in the past SCOTUS has practically begged Congress to pass legislation changing a law because as it was written their hands were tied.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
Yeah, I gave up my 'special exemption' about 20 years ago.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI had a Class 3 back in the early 80s.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
If only they sold 800 round magazines!
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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