In 2010, Rick Vasquez, was a senior analyst in the Firearms Technology Branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, when his office reviewed a device sent in by a company called Slide Fire.
The device, which is known as a bump stock, helps the body of a semi-automatic rifle slide back and forth during firing, replicating the effect of a machine gun — a consecutive and rapid spray of bullets. New machine guns have been banned for public sale since the 1980s, but Vasquez’s team determined that the bump stock — a device that can cost as little a $100 — was perfectly legal.
Now, in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, in which Stephen Paddock reportedly used bump stocks to help kill 58 people at a music festival, lawmakers from both parties have moved to ban the bump stock device, and even the NRA has hinted it wouldn’t object. But Vasquez tells VICE News in an interview that may not have as much of an impact as many people think. And, he said, despite the popular outcry, he has no regrets about the ruling his team made. “We made a technical and statutory decision that was correct,” he said.
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On February 25th, a federal judge gave Trump the OK to ban bump stocks. http://bit.ly/2ICnHxZ
The fact you guys came to my hometown is really awesome.
i love it when all the wimps at vice do gun videos. surprised there wasnt a snowfla- i mean trigger warning in the video
based on the function and operation of semi automatic weapons: we've now forced active shooters to take their time and select targets precisely, instead of spraying walls searching for targets wasting their heavy and crucial ammo supply. if all active shooters all had automatic weapons the death toll would have been far lower.
What are yah gonna do next?
Ban fingers!
He needs to retire and start working with Daniel O'kelly.
Yo everyone just look up bump fire you can do this without the stock
You don’t even need one to bump fire
people can bump fire without the bump
Stock banning the stock wouldn’t do much
You don't need a bump stock to be able bump fire lmao banning this causes nothing
one of the reasons our second amendment exists is to allow the people to be able to stand up to the government and the military. that is why the bump stock is legal.
Yup. I dont need one of those. Muahahahahaha.
The moment you think making bump stocks illegal will eliminate people from bump firing xD
pvc plywood and a grip can create this
Now years after the ban, bump stock compliance is near zero, the only confirmed turn over was by a couple of companies and its estimated that almost 500,000 bump stocks are still in circulation and only a handful of actual prosecutions of people in possession. People should keep this in mind when they talk about gun control. This was just an accessory, imagine the lack of compliance when it comes to firearms themselves. And then there’s always the states that have a choice about enforcing the federal law at the state level which most politicians across the south and Midwest won’t enforce it, because they like keeping their jobs and know they would get voted out if they sided with any serious gun legislation.
So is bump firing a gun with a belt loop still legal?
People keep bringing up bump stocks and las vegas. That man was firing 2 browning automatic rifles a slew or ar variants on full auto a bushmaster mg240 and a full auto rpk.
"Machine Gun" Those are carbines and Armalite rifles not "machine Guns"
You can bump fire (with a little practice) fairly accurately from the shoulder at rates that often outpace the select fire variant. You literally can't ban it, unless you want to try and ban fingers. And in the first place, the machine gun "ban" is unconstitutional bs that has been slowly ramped up over a hundred years till today. Hopefully their'll be a reversal of it soon. Great reporting Vice.
"Has someone figured out how to bump fire without a bump stock?"
Where do you think they got the idea for the bump stock?
God stop banning guns Congress!
Are 3 round bursts illegal under that law?
There are so many other ways to turn a gun into a full auto (legally) that this was just a useless ban.
Ban the bump stock, people male bump fire frames out of 2×4’s and a dowel.
You’ll never stop it.
After this, the FDA should also check into the AR-15 coat hanger machine gun
You can just trigger sure it wont be as fast but still deadly
You don't even need a bump stock to do what a bump stock does, it's more of ease of use. if you slightly pull the trigger of any semi auto rifle and pull the rifle forward at the same time, you would get the same effect.
The only thing the bump stock gives is accuracy
https://youtu.be/dhO7Ii9-phM
"How did you determine that, "Jake" from State Farm?"
"I mean it's not a machine gun so…"
I’m British, so I’m not used to seeing guns at all. This thing just takes the biscuit though
Now ban fingers
Ok
I think guns shouldn't be allowed to citizens at all but why would a bump stock be illegal when fully automatic rifles aren't illefal?
If the government doesn’t want me to have it, I want it.
Machine guns are guns capable of firing full auto. Simple.
Wow… that was actually completely unbiased factual reporting… I was not expecting that
people who disliked are angry liberals
That's good they can't ban them
fantastic vid thanks
3:43 Beautiful…..
We never even got to the AK….
Imagine banning kinder eggs and not bump stocks