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jschenck:
"On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at midnight CDT, Slide Fire will cease taking orders for its products and shut down its website.  Orders placed prior to May 20th, 2018 will all be processed and shipped.  We thank you for your support."

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eelstrebor1:
I'm not surprised since it's obvious that the ATF is going to class the slide-fire (aka bump stock) as a machine gun regardless of the fact that it isn't. All it took was an ADMINISTRATIVE re-definition of what a machine gun is and voila. It hasn't gone into law yet but even slidefire sees the writing on the wall. "Whadda gonna do?"

RobertH:
So, did you guys post a comment? You can post a new one every day.

Lawsuits are being formed as we speak. The FOIA documents that have been posted on arf are quite interesting.

eelstrebor1:
IMHO, the ATF has already made it's decision and it appears to me that they have refuted all valid arguments. The ATF is determined to ban the bump-stock due to political pressure - especially from the POTUS. So, I'm not going to bother with making comments that parrot what others have already stated. IMO, lawsuits are going to have to be done - good luck with that. Anyway, I was considering buying a bump stock but I'm not going to do so. Also, this issue has convinced me not to purchase a binary trigger because I think they're next on the list. All it'll take is for one bad-apple to do a mass murder with one and we'll have to kiss those good bye also. Since it's not likely there'll be any compensation if/when they're banned, I'm not going to spend the money. A bump stock costs a little over $200 when you add shipping costs but the binary triggers run around $400 or more. I'm sure that other gun owners feel the same as I do so sales for these items are going to plummet. It's too bad that all of us are "punished" for the actions of one person that commits this type of crime - 1 person out of 100 million gun owners - that's approximately 0.000001% of gun owners. I was saddened over the loss of life and injury of the Las Vegas shooting but only that one person is responsible for the illicit use of a firearm. And that has been the only incident since the bump-stock was introduced. And who's to say that the LV shooting wouldn't have been just as deadly without a bump stock?

RobertH:

--- Quote from: eelstrebor1 on April 18, 2018, 10:03:57 AM ---IMHO, the ATF has already made it's decision and it appears to me that they have refuted all valid arguments. The ATF is determined to ban the bump-stock due to political pressure - especially from the POTUS. So, I'm not going to bother with making comments that parrot what others have already stated. IMO, lawsuits are going to have to be done - good luck with that. Anyway, I was considering buying a bump stock but I'm not going to do so. Also, this issue has convinced me not to purchase a binary trigger because I think they're next on the list. All it'll take is for one bad-apple to do a mass murder with one and we'll have to kiss those good bye also. Since it's not likely there'll be any compensation if/when they're banned, I'm not going to spend the money. A bump stock costs a little over $200 when you add shipping costs but the binary triggers run around $400 or more. I'm sure that other gun owners feel the same as I do so sales for these items are going to plummet. It's too bad that all of us are "punished" for the actions of one person that commits this type of crime - 1 person out of 100 million gun owners - that's approximately 0.000001% of gun owners. I was saddened over the loss of life and injury of the Las Vegas shooting but only that one person is responsible for the illicit use of a firearm. And that has been the only incident since the bump-stock was introduced. And who's to say that the LV shooting wouldn't have been just as deadly without a bump stock?

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so, since you think the ATF has made up their minds, you won't fight it?

and lawsuits won't work, so you won't fight or chip in the lawyer costs?

you won't buy an accessory because they might be next banned?  what about AR pistols/braces? what about shouldering a pistol?  might as well sell all your 12 and 20ga shotguns b/c without the "sporting clause" they are Destructive Devices.

but the price for a bumpstock/binary trigger is yes, crazy.

yes, its sad that we as gun owners are punished by the acts of others, but gun owners not fighting back is punishing all of us all over again and again and again.

if you won't fight, who will?  the NRA?  ha!  they are one of the reasons we are in this mess.

i, for one, will fight.  whether its comments, lawsuits, voting, etc.  i will not stop.

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