Trump admin bans Bump Stocks

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(03-27-2019, 09:37 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: To be fair, while I say no one has a "need" for certain firearms, I don't typically side with bans on them. Usually when I do it is more of an academic exercise than my true policy positions.

That being said, Fred really wasn't wrong with that statement. Registration would probably be a difficult one, but licensing is something I know a lot of gun owners would get behind. Universal background checks is another thing that receives broad support, even among NRA members. I'd like to see honest discussions from both sides on what can be done about firearm violence. That's not happening right now, though.

I don't get the pushback here. 

We require a user to be licensed for just about everything. But when it comes to talks about licensing gun owners (and thereby maybe weeding out some idiots), it becomes a slippery slope situation.

As I said earlier, I don't like restrictions on guns. Restrictions on owners is less of a problem with me. Want a gun? Don't be crazy, consistently a law breakers, etc.