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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1032737)	10/3/2017 8:29:36 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 1575913

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Vegas Shooter Had ´Bump Stocks’
To Convert Rifles to Full-Auto

Popular Mechanics, by Eric Limer and Associated Press

Posted By: earlybird- 10/3/2017 8:24:03 PM

Along with the 23 guns that police officers found in Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock´s Mandalay Bay hotel room, officials also found two "bump stocks." These devices, which are legal, use a semi-automatic weapon´s recoil to allow it to fire repeatedly at a rate closer to that of a fully-automatic weapon.Bump stocks are simple pieces of equipment that replace the stock of a rifle and add a small "support step" in front of the trigger. The shooter rests his finger on this step and pulls forward on the barrel or forward grip to press the trigger against his finger. The recoil
The recoil of the shot then propels the rifle backwards into a gap in stationary stock where the loose fit gives the rifle freedom to bounce forward. This, along with sustained forward pressure on the rifle, has the effect of 'bumping' the trigger back into the shooter's unmoving finger. So long as a shooter maintains forward pressure, the rifle will continue to fire at a rate much faster than could be accomplished with even the quickest possible series of manual trigger pulls.

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1032737)	10/3/2017 8:44:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575913

I'm not familiar with the bump stock things. I gather it allows a semi auto to shoot a burst of three or so at a time. And its legal. Just a way to run up your ammo spending imo. They can also easily convert a semiauto to full auto but you can't buy a kit on the internet to accomplish that. That of course isn't legal. But if you're going to kill yourself after a shooting spree, you're not going to care about the law. That's the problem with gun laws.