Bump-stock buy-back, state out of money

[Old Dog]

So Washington ran out of money to buy bump-stocks back before the fed law takes effect (today) ... not to worry, you can still turn yours into the WSP for free!
https://komonews.com/news/local/state-patrol-runs-out-of-money-for-buying-back-bump-stocks

 

[slumlord44]

Money is a big problem with any gun confiscation. They have to pay what it is worth. With the millions of "assault" weapons out there we are talking billions of dollars. The mone just isn't there.

 

[AlexanderA]

Money is a big problem with any gun confiscation. They have to pay what it is worth. With the millions of "assault" weapons out there we are talking billions of dollars. The money just isn't there.

The gun-banners could do several things:
1) They could declare the items contraband on "public safety" grounds, without compensation (as was done with bump stocks),
2) They could grandfather existing guns, with onerous restrictions (such as by adding them to the NFA), or
3) They could just print money to pay for the guns, thereby making the currency in general worth less through inflation. (That would be a form of taxation.)

 

[Phaedrus/69]

It appears that as of right now Trump's ban is being upheld by SCOTUS (for the time being at least). Unless I misunderstand it possessing bump stocks will be a Federal felony with no grandfathering.

 

[GAF]

IMHO the bump stock game is over for now. It is time for those that still have one and are hoping for a reversal on the ban to destroy the bump stock you own. It is not worth the problems you are going to encounter if you are caught with one, but you already know that.

 

[AlexanderA]

As was said before, this is the prototype for a far wider ban. No congressional input needed. And the courts will uphold it.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The Canadian long gun registration was eventually repealed in part because fully half of Canadian rifle and shotgun owners did not comply and in fact some Canadian protesters held public demonstrations where they burned registration forms. The feds and some states are expecting Americans to be more compliant than Canadians?

 

[F-111 John]

Unless I misunderstand it possessing bump stocks will be a Federal felony with no grandfathering.

You appear to be correct, and without congressional action, there is no possibility of any grandfathering of bump stocks because of the Hughes Amendment to the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act closing the machine gun registry to new entries.

From a owner's perspective, it would have been better to have bump stocks declared destructive devices, which would have opened them up to registration and ownership retention.

From a legal perspective, Supreme Court's reluctance to hear an appeal of the ATF reclassification is troubling, as it may serve as carte blanche to a future ATF to ban pistol arm braces and binary triggers.

 

[George P]

I suspect there will be a run on shovels at the local Ace hardware store and a flurry of boating accidents in the near future.......

 

[<*(((><]

Still got my shoe lace with a belt loop for backup for now. This is only the beginning of regulation by fiat...but we had to give them something so we can get something out of it or at least that's what I was told.

Seems to me Trump's fiat ruling on bumpstocks is "taxation without representation," to the owners of bumpstocks given they are being taxed (loss of goods without payment) based on a ruling that was without representation, single person declared it. Somewhere in Boston there should be some TEA going overboard.