• snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    Bump stocks allow for the trigger to be activated multiple times by a mechanjcal device with a single (human) pull of the trigger. The person is not pulling the trigger multiple times, even though the trigger is being moved multiple times.

    I know the whole thing is pedantic legalese, but it is like saying mechanically activating a trigger rapidly with a motor activated with a single button press would be legal.

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        5 months ago

        In that scenario the button is the trigger. Trigger is being used not to describe a curved piece of metal you put your finger on but the input device. The oral arguments had a lot around that issue.

        See the reply below

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            5 months ago

            You’re correct went back and reread it:

            On weapons with these standard trigger mechanisms, the phrase “function of the trigger” means the physical trigger movement required to shoot the firearm. Pg. 7

            Although it sounds like there maybe be edge cases where specially designed firearms are treated differently if they lack a traditional mechanism.