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New BATF rules on bump stocks

MSG Laigaie

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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
Proposed Rule
Bump-Stock Type Devices
FR Document: 2018-06292
Citation: 83 FR 13442 PDF Pages 13442-13457 (16 pages)
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Abstract: The Department of Justice (Department) proposes to amend the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulations to clarify that ``bump fire'' stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics (bump-stock-type devices) are ``machineguns'' as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of...

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/03/29/2018-06292/bump-stock-type-devices
 
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