Trump never intended to ban bump stocks, any more than he favors a meaningful ban on assault weapons or substantial changes in background checks.
(Yes, I know I’m stating the obvious.)
Banning bump stocks, really? That’s sooo many mass shootings ago…
…tweets about this being the fault of the Democrats and their unwillingness to send their thoughts and prayers will be forthcoming.
thats b/c its a bullshit window dressing ban that doesnt mean shit. If anyone thinks that this guys going to close the door on his 21 million dollar NRA gravy train then their mistaken…
Cant wait to hear how they’ll manipulate the so called student listening thing so that it becomes an show of ego stroking and praise of all things trump…
Bah…If you announced the start of a campaign that said every black person should be armed to the teeth, you’d get legislation banning bump stocks the next day.
Well stated.
MAGA(zine full of ammo)!
Darn, and it seemed like it was 100% sure to happen if Donnie was in support of it. What happened?
Why not just tax ammo (10$ per cartridge) ? Would make it much more expensive to gun down a school ! And help balance the budget !
I didn’t think the NRA was given a say in legislation when the constitution was written… But ole’ John Roberts, he knows better, he gave us Citizens United.
It was always an empty gesture and should’ve been obviously so to anyone paying attention at the start. If the Obama era ATF felt that existing law didn’t allow them to regulate them, how would one expect that the ‘no regulation too sensible to destroy’ Trump era policies were gonna fix it?
Great idea!! Or the money could be placed in a ‘Legal Defense Fund’ for the victims and Families of mass-shooting violence…??
My two cents.
Republicans and the NRA, with a lot of help from Putin and the Russians, are flooding our streets and neighborhoods with guns for the obvious reason of creating a nation of war zones…that’s right, Putin is loving all the guns on US streets and all the killing (over 33,000 gun deaths per year in the US!).
The US is in a vicious spiral of guns and death…the more guns and the more lethal they are with the likes of AK-47’s (Russian made and sold to the US) and the AR-15 (US copy of the AK-47) AND then you have local law enforcement demanding bigger guns and military vehicles because they have to deal with civilians armed with military class weapons.
No other nation on earth has all these guns or allows them. Russia does not allow AK-47’s in the hands of their civilians…Putin knows what that would create on his streets!
This is BS…if they won’t make our streets and schools safe, then just repeal the entire 2nd amendment!
The NRA is an organization of terror!
Socialist !1!!
That is the operative phrase. And I’m not sure that weapons ban is limited to just the AK…I could be wrong, but your point is well taken. Putin encourages unfettered gun access here, but not in HIS country.
In hind sight I had that one coming. 
If any substantive firearms legislation comes out of the Trump maladministration and the do-nothing GOP majority Congress, I will be shocked. It’s not going to happen. The GOP cowardly Congress critters must be voted out. Each candidate for public office from local to Congress should be questioned about accepting funds from the gun lobby. None who do will get my vote.
Thank you for staying with this (extremely depressing) subject, Mr. Thielman.
After the Las Vegas shooting, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation to ban bump stocks.
That woman again.
Given her personal experience with guns and bullets and blood and agony and death, I’d have forgiven Feinstein long ago if this were the one subject she stayed away from as a public servant. Instead she has stuck with it for decades. Whatever disagreements one may have with her in other areas of policy, it cannot be denied that her stamina in this matter is worthy of the highest honor.
You’re thinking too small: