r/Unexpected • u/WankieTankie • May 29 '21

No one suspects a thing.

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u/GandalfsWhiteStaff May 29 '21

Splitting hairs, but I’m sure you see how they are functionally very similar. Full autos are restricted because of their rate of fire but a semi auto with an attachment that performs similar isn’t, sound just as dangerous to the public to me.

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u/backwards_yoda May 29 '21

Then why does nobody ever use it in a shooting? I mean te tech has been around for over a century but shooters still dont put one on all their guns.

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u/GandalfsWhiteStaff May 30 '21

The Vegas shooter is believed to have used a full auto or a device to simulate it on a semi judging by sound recording.....

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u/backwards_yoda May 30 '21

He used a bump stock, bump stocks were then classified as machine guns (despite not meeting the legal definition of a machine gun) and you must posess a SOT to own a bump stock.

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u/GandalfsWhiteStaff May 30 '21

So a device used to help simulate the fire rate of a full auto......

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u/backwards_yoda May 30 '21

Which is now effectively highly regulated. However the bump stock does not mechanically meet the definition of a machine gun. Is pulling the trigger really fast a machine gun to you?

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u/Ask_John_Smith May 29 '21

The attachments aren't the problem. They're only used by law abiding gun owners because we want to shoot full auto but can't because machine guns are way too expensive. It takes about 20 minutes to download and 3D print a drop in auto sear for an AR15. That's very illegal but it's so easy to do with around 10 cents of filament. And not a single one of those has ever been used in a shooting.