Bump Stock Should Be Banned
Nathan Clodfelter
Mrs. Gallos
English 3 Honors
29 March 2018
Should Bump Stocks be Banned? A bump stock is a device that is attached to a semi-automatic weapon and enables this weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun. It does this by allowing the shooter to hold the butt of the gun in their shoulder and push the gun towards them, this makes the gun fire and the recoil “bumps” the gun back into a firing position.(New York Times) The use of bump stocks allows many school shooters and mass shooters to fire at a rapid rate which in turn creates more casualties, or do they take away from the shooter? So, do people support the purchase, manufacture, and ownership of these devices? Are they allowed by law and do they make semi-automatic weapons fully automatic? Do gun owners and supporters think bump stocks should be banned? The big issue that many Americans have with the bump stock is that it enables a semi-automatic weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun or fully automatic weapon. Machine guns are outlawed in the US for civilian purchase and use of any machine gun made after 1986. To be able to obtain a machine gun made before 1986 you must pass a criminal background test and also pay lots of taxes just to even obtain this permit, but you can order a …show more content…
There are both positive and negative aspects to bump stops. For many of the negatives a positive counteracts it. How you feel about bump stocks can and may be affected by how you were raised and what you were exposed to but it can also be based on what you have seen in the news lately. The constant tragedy and repeated taking of innocent lives probably affects you in ways you can not express. You want the chaos and killings to stop but you do not know how or when they will come. How far must this go before a real change is made? Is it the people that are doing the killing? Are these attachments really giving shooters an advantage? Is there a sensible way to please both
Mrs. Gallos
English 3 Honors
29 March 2018
Should Bump Stocks be Banned? A bump stock is a device that is attached to a semi-automatic weapon and enables this weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun. It does this by allowing the shooter to hold the butt of the gun in their shoulder and push the gun towards them, this makes the gun fire and the recoil “bumps” the gun back into a firing position.(New York Times) The use of bump stocks allows many school shooters and mass shooters to fire at a rapid rate which in turn creates more casualties, or do they take away from the shooter? So, do people support the purchase, manufacture, and ownership of these devices? Are they allowed by law and do they make semi-automatic weapons fully automatic? Do gun owners and supporters think bump stocks should be banned? The big issue that many Americans have with the bump stock is that it enables a semi-automatic weapon to mimic the fire of a machine gun or fully automatic weapon. Machine guns are outlawed in the US for civilian purchase and use of any machine gun made after 1986. To be able to obtain a machine gun made before 1986 you must pass a criminal background test and also pay lots of taxes just to even obtain this permit, but you can order a …show more content…
There are both positive and negative aspects to bump stops. For many of the negatives a positive counteracts it. How you feel about bump stocks can and may be affected by how you were raised and what you were exposed to but it can also be based on what you have seen in the news lately. The constant tragedy and repeated taking of innocent lives probably affects you in ways you can not express. You want the chaos and killings to stop but you do not know how or when they will come. How far must this go before a real change is made? Is it the people that are doing the killing? Are these attachments really giving shooters an advantage? Is there a sensible way to please both