02-06-2020, 03:57 PM
For the Democrats, I'm guessing Bernie Sanders will likely be the least damaging; but still not nearly as good as Trump. Two reasons: 1) while no friend, gun control is not his passion; and 2) He will be fighting congress so hard on how to best wreck the nations economic and social systems, that Gun Control will be limited. After demonstrating just how bad a decision he was, Congress will then flip R and he gets nothing. That, and there are a lot of judges that know how to read now.
As to Trump 2nd Amendment disappointments - I'm not nearly as wigged out as some folks. What matters most right now is the judiciary; of which he is nicely stacking with judges who know how to read. As to Anti-Trump complaints - the most prolific of which is the BumpStock item; there's a lot more gnashing of teeth over that by others, than by me. First the legality and philosophy: A bump stock discharging is done so via one (1) actuation of the gun, with a mechanical system designed and deployed with intent to cause multiple discharges by that one actuation. Saying but it's moving the trigger against the stationary trigger finger so doesn't count, is thin ice. It's one actuation via operator actuation, and a mechanical system that then causes continued actuation - using the operators finger. What his executive order DID do, is stave off Congress' momentum to pass Gun Control he might have to sign, with more overreach than a cheap piece of plastic nobody cared about. We all know people who had bump-stocks, and the consensus was uniform - fun for a couple mags, but seriously useless and it's off the gun sitting in the back of the closet by the end of the day.
Philosophically, a shooter is responsible for every discharge. Baseline common available items that cause rapid discharges without the operator consciously actuating each and every shot, undermine that. I didn't care that people had bump-stocks (freedom!), but am not loosing a lot of sleep that they've been restricted. Indeed, I think one should legally be able to get a machine-gun with about as much effort as getting a CHL. But I'm the one guy in the gun-internet-forum willing say such things maybe shouldn't exactly be an over the counter item. Gun access isn't a religion.
Also, in addition to his action stopping Congress' momentum to pass gun-control laws he'd have to contend with (don't think it wasn't on the table); his actions also did preserve binary triggers. Someone said those are banned too - of which they most assuredly are not, and actually are better protected now. Since the binary trigger DOES require a manual and conscious activation of each discharge, those are are still legal. You can bet though, they would have been lumped in to any congressional control legislation, had such been passed. Indeed, go look at the fine print of the text of the Democrats Assault Weapons Ban legislation of 2019 (which they indeed did write, with hopes of bringing it up for a vote). The made a subtle change in some language which would have quitely banned binaries. In application, a binary trigger is safe/Fire/giggle. Whereas bumpstocks were [COLOR="#008000"]safe[/COLOR]/poorly-aimed auto. Meaning a binary trigger can be used like a normal trigger all day long, then flipped over to binary. And with Binary, since the rate of fire is directly controlled by its user, the operator naturally adjusts his rate of fire to keep his rounds on target. It's actually far more effective that bump, and even full-auto; where with those the cycle rate is what it is, and if you can't keep on target - too bad.
As far as I'm concerned, while everyone else is loosing their minds on the useless bump-stocks, I think it's all part of the 4D ChessMastery; and while not my top choice, I'm not going to loose my crap and freak out on Trump on it. Thinking 3 moves down, it actually was a smart play, as far as I'm concerned.
Just my opinion.
As to Trump 2nd Amendment disappointments - I'm not nearly as wigged out as some folks. What matters most right now is the judiciary; of which he is nicely stacking with judges who know how to read. As to Anti-Trump complaints - the most prolific of which is the BumpStock item; there's a lot more gnashing of teeth over that by others, than by me. First the legality and philosophy: A bump stock discharging is done so via one (1) actuation of the gun, with a mechanical system designed and deployed with intent to cause multiple discharges by that one actuation. Saying but it's moving the trigger against the stationary trigger finger so doesn't count, is thin ice. It's one actuation via operator actuation, and a mechanical system that then causes continued actuation - using the operators finger. What his executive order DID do, is stave off Congress' momentum to pass Gun Control he might have to sign, with more overreach than a cheap piece of plastic nobody cared about. We all know people who had bump-stocks, and the consensus was uniform - fun for a couple mags, but seriously useless and it's off the gun sitting in the back of the closet by the end of the day.
Philosophically, a shooter is responsible for every discharge. Baseline common available items that cause rapid discharges without the operator consciously actuating each and every shot, undermine that. I didn't care that people had bump-stocks (freedom!), but am not loosing a lot of sleep that they've been restricted. Indeed, I think one should legally be able to get a machine-gun with about as much effort as getting a CHL. But I'm the one guy in the gun-internet-forum willing say such things maybe shouldn't exactly be an over the counter item. Gun access isn't a religion.
Also, in addition to his action stopping Congress' momentum to pass gun-control laws he'd have to contend with (don't think it wasn't on the table); his actions also did preserve binary triggers. Someone said those are banned too - of which they most assuredly are not, and actually are better protected now. Since the binary trigger DOES require a manual and conscious activation of each discharge, those are are still legal. You can bet though, they would have been lumped in to any congressional control legislation, had such been passed. Indeed, go look at the fine print of the text of the Democrats Assault Weapons Ban legislation of 2019 (which they indeed did write, with hopes of bringing it up for a vote). The made a subtle change in some language which would have quitely banned binaries. In application, a binary trigger is safe/Fire/giggle. Whereas bumpstocks were [COLOR="#008000"]safe[/COLOR]/poorly-aimed auto. Meaning a binary trigger can be used like a normal trigger all day long, then flipped over to binary. And with Binary, since the rate of fire is directly controlled by its user, the operator naturally adjusts his rate of fire to keep his rounds on target. It's actually far more effective that bump, and even full-auto; where with those the cycle rate is what it is, and if you can't keep on target - too bad.
As far as I'm concerned, while everyone else is loosing their minds on the useless bump-stocks, I think it's all part of the 4D ChessMastery; and while not my top choice, I'm not going to loose my crap and freak out on Trump on it. Thinking 3 moves down, it actually was a smart play, as far as I'm concerned.
Just my opinion.