To quote Lady Thatcher: "Now is not the time to go all wobbly in the knees, George".
The problem is that you are now advocating dramatically changing the definition of a "machine gun" and getting it dangerously close to sucking in semi-autos. Multiple shots fired with one pull of the trigger has been the standard, probably going back to the GCA of 1934. Let liberals change that and you collectors of semi-auto pistols may not like the results.
Agreed that this should not have happened, but not willing to jump on the bandwagon and hastily support bad legislation.
This is the time for vigilance, not emotion.
Actually, in my own sick mind, I'm glad that he used the bump fire because I think a good rifleman could have done more lethal damage with a semi auto with nearly endless capacity and well aimed fire than he could to by spraying the crowd. Once the crowd thinned I'm betting his average went down dramatically.
Just my $.02.
dju
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