NRA Backs Off Bump Stocks

ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS
THE LAS VEGAS TERROR ATTACK WAS AS DEADLY AS IT WAS WAS BECAUSE
OF THE USE OF SO-CALLED BUMP STOCKS THAT ALLOW YOU THROUGH
MODIFICATION TO TAKE A SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM AND
CLOSELY MIMIC THE FIRING OF A FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPON, AND NOW
AFTER THEIR USE IN LAS VEGAS SOME POLITICIANS ARE LOOKING TO
BAN THEM.
AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE ONLY PURPOSE OF THESE
ACCESSORIES IS TO EFFECTIVELY ALLOW YOU TO CIRCUMVENT FEDERAL
LAW IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT.
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS
ON BOARD.
GUESS WHO ISN'T?
THE NRA.
WE HAVE TWO BILLS SEEKING
TO BAN
THEM --
>>THE NRA PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT SAYING --
>>THEY ARE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THAT SLIPPERY SLOPE.
SURE, YOU
JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE MASSACRES, YOU SAY.
THESE THINGS
AREN'T PARTICULARLY EXPENSIVE OR COMPLICATED, UP UNTIL RECENTLY
OR EVEN PERHAPS TODAY YOU CAN WATCH VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET
THAT EXPLAIN THESE MODIFICATIONS.
>>TO BE FAIR TO THE NRA, IF YOU RUN INTO A HERD OF ARMED DEER
YOU HAVE TO FIRE THAT RAPIDLY TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET YOU.
THE NRA OPPOSES EVERY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REGULATE
GUNS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, BECAUSE THEY MAKE MONEY FROM
SELLING WEAPONS, AND IF THOSE WEAPONS KILL YOU THEY STILL MADE
THE MONEY, IN FACT THEY WILL MAKE MORE MONEY BECAUSE YOU GET
SCARED AND BUY MORE GUNS.
BUT WHY IT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THE
NRA SAID THEY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF GETTING RID OF BUMP STOCKS,
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD AGREED TO ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH
THIS IS SUCH A LAYUP, IT'S SO OBVIOUS, AN OVERWHELMING
PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS AGREE, BUT WHEN THE NRA SAID THEY WOULD
AGREE I WAS LIKE, WHOA, OKAY, THAT'S INTERESTING, APPARENTLY
WE FIT SOME PORTION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, AND THEN
THE NRA WAS LIKE, JUST KIDDING.
OF COURSE WE OPPOSE LEGISLATION,
MASSACRE ANYONE YOU LIKE, IT LEADS TO MORE GUN SALES.
I MEAN,
MY EXCUSE IS I THINK IT'S A BETTER APPROACH TO DO A
REGULATORY THING -- WAIT A MINUTE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE
AGAINST REGULATION AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ALL THAT.
BUT ALL OF
A SUDDEN, NOT A BILL, LET'S JUST DO REGULATION, LET'S DO A TWEAK.
DO YOU HAVE BUMP STOCKS OR NOT?
WHAT IS THE TWEAK?
>>THE SICK THING IS, AND I'M SURE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, IF
YOU LOOSEN UP A GUN LAW PEOPLE BUY MORE GUNS, IF YOU TIGHTEN UP
THE GUN LAWS PEOPLE BUY MORE GUNS RIGHT BEFORE IT, IF THERE'S
A MASSACRE PEOPLE BUY GUNS, IF THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT INTENTIONAL
OVERREACH BY THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE BUY MORE GUNS, REALLY AS
LONG AS THEY ARE TALKING PEOPLE GO TO THE GUN STORE AND BUY MORE
GUNS.
SO WHY WOULD THEY CONCEDE ANYTHING?
>>AS CENK SAYS, THE NRA IS A TRADE GROUP, THEY ARE THERE TO
REPRESENT THE GUN BUSINESS, SO THEY WANT TO GO ON RECORD WITH
THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE GUN BUSINESS.
THEY AREN'T THERE TO
CRAFT LEGISLATIVE POLICY FOR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THEY WILL TRY
TO MAKE ARGUMENTS, YOU SEE THEM DOING ALL THESE LOGICAL
GYMNASTICS, BUT THEY ARE THERE TO PROTECT THE SALE OF GUNS.
TO
THE POINT THESE GUYS ARE MAKING, IT IS SO RIGHT ON.
THESE ARE
ASSAULT WEAPONS THAT ARE USED JUST TO KILL PEOPLE, OR I GUESS
TARGET PRACTICE -- LISTEN, I'M NOT A GUN GUY PER SE, BUT I DO
KNOW WE ALLOW THESE MODIFICATIONS, AND THERE IS NO
REASON YOU NEED THAT MODIFICATION.
THERE IS NO REASON
YOU NEED THOSE BUMP STOCKS, SO IT SEEMS AS CENK SAYS A
LEGISLATIVE LAYUP, YOU AREN'T GIVING UP MUCH GROUND.
THE
OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THIS VEGAS SUGAR HAD A BOATLOAD OF
MUNITIONS.
HOW DO YOU LET ANY AMERICAN BUY THAT MUCH
FIREPOWER?
I GET YOU WANT TO DEFEND YOUR DOMICILE, WHATEVER
THE DEAL IS, BUT WHY DO YOU NEED 30 AR-15S?
WHY CAN'T THERE BE
SOME KIND OF LIMIT ON WHAT AMOUNT OF FIREPOWER ONE
PERSON IS ALLOWED TO ACQUIRE?
>>THE NRA SAID IT'S BETTER TO DO THINGS THROUGH REGULATION
BECAUSE IT AVOIDS AN ALL-OUT LEGISLATIVE FIGHT.
BUT IF YOU
SAID IT WAS OKAY THERE WOULD BE NO LEGISLATIVE FIGHT.
TO MARC'S
POINT, YOU BROUGHT THOSE CONGRESSMAN, IT WAS A NICE
PURCHASE ON YOUR PART FOR YOUR BUSINESS, I'VE SAID THIS ON THE
SHOW 1000 TIMES, I BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM AND OF COURSE A MIXED
ECONOMY AT SOME POINT, NIKE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL SNEAKERS
ALL THEY LIKE, BECAUSE THINKERS DON'T KILL PEOPLE.
BUT IF YOU
SELL SOMETHING THAT EITHER TAKES AWAY OUR FREEDOM OR KILLS US, IT
IS REASONABLE TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE, LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE
DO THIS.
NOT TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT -- FOR EXAMPLE
PRISONS TAKE AWAY YOUR LIBERTY.
IF WE INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE THROUGH
PROFIT-MAKING TO BUILD PRISONS, THEY WILL WANT TO STOCK THOSE
PRISONS WITH AMERICANS SO THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFIT.
THAT
SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA, THAT'S NOT SNEAKERS OR GENES OR
MCDONALD'S.
AND FOR WEAPONS, THEY KILL PEOPLE.
THEY ALSO
DEFEND YOUR HOME AND YOU CAN GO HUNTING WITH THEM, SO CAN WE
HAVE A REASONABLE REGULATION ON HEY, THIS WILL HELP DEFEND YOUR
HOME BUT YOU DON'T REALLY -- OR HELP YOU HUNT, BUT YOU DON'T
NEED BUMP STOCK FOR HUNTING VARMINTS, AS MITT ROMNEY SAID
WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
THIS REQUIRES A
LITTLE MORE THINKING ON REGULATION AND THE ONLY PEOPLE
WHO WOULD DO THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT IS THE NRA. AND THEN PAUL
RYAN'S IS THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS IS REGULATION.
I THOUGHT
YOU GUYS HATED REGULATION.
AND REGULATION IS WEAK.
BUT THEY
WILL DO THE REGULATION THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY STOP SELLING
ANYTHING, AND PAUL RYAN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT'S THE QUICKEST
WAY?
YOU ARE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, YOU COULD INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION, WE ARE HAVING A VOTE, WE VOTED YES.
COULD IT BE
ANY QUICKER THAN THAT?
JUST ADMIT IT, YOU GET MONEY FROM THE
NRA, THEY GET MONEY FROM GUN MANUFACTURERS, YOU PROFIT OFF OF
PEOPLE DYING, JUST FESS UP TO IT AND SAY UNBLOCKED, MASSACRES GET
ME MORE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND THAT'S WHY I WON'T DO IT.
JUST BE HONEST.
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NRA Backs Off Bump Stocks

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