The effort to ban 'bump stocks' is misinformed at best, dishonest at worst

As cries for new gun control laws continue to echo from the tragic shooting in Las Vegas earlier this month, some Republicans and Democrats appear to be in harmony on a gun control proposition. However, even though most people had not heard the words “bump stock” before this month, there appears to be almost no effort on either side in coming to a meaningful understanding of what a bump stock is or what it does. Some representatives, including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., mistakenly believe that the devices turn a semi-automatic weapon fully automatic.

This is misinformed and a ban on the devices would be meaningless because, at the end of the day, they are only incidental to the process of rapid “bump firing.”