If you have been on the fence about getting a bump stock, there might not be a fence moving forward
Bump stocks popped up in 2010, and, according to ATF, as many as 500,000 are in circulation legally* (except in California, Vermont, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington), but until 2017 when they were used by a madman, were generally just seen as a range toy or novelty (except for those in “constitutional militias” who advocated their use as a poor man’s squad automatic weapon when coupled with drum mags for suppressive fire). No matter what DOJ on Congress decides on them, those are big numbers.
With as many as a half-million factory-produced bump stocks in the wild, worth north of $100 million, what is going to happen to them all?
Now the only maker of the much-vilified devices is closing shop, though what is going to happen to his patents in a world of freely-shared CAD files and 3D printing, is subject to interpretation.
More on that prospect in my column at Guns.com
Meanwhile, in other news, photos of a relatively sophisticated operation to make off the books TEC-9/KG-9 style pistols/machine pistols complete with K-baffle suppressors at a Montreal-area machine shop have just surfaced, begging the further question of genies and bottles…
