{"id":389750,"date":"2018-12-19T17:03:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation\/"},"modified":"2018-12-19T17:03:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:03:33","slug":"prison-planet-com-trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Trump DOJ Announces Bump-Stock Ban, Confiscation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation\/\"><strong>Free Beacon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>December 19, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it will effectively ban the possession of all bump-fire stocks through a new regulatory rule.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Senior DOJ officials told reporters it would become a felony to own a bump-stock within 90 days of the new rule\u2019s publication. They estimated March 21, 2019, would be the deadline for the public to turn in or destroy their bump stocks. The officials said they would prosecute those who do not comply with that deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe anticipate that the general public will be compliant with the law,\u201d a senior official said. \u201cTo the extent someone chooses not to comply with the law, we will treat this as we do with all firearms offenses. We will prioritize our resources to maximize public safety, focusing on those that pose the greatest threat. We will enforce the statute based on the circumstances of the individual case as we do with all firearms law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Bump-Stock-Final-Rule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The new rule<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> rewrites current law prohibiting machineguns to incorporate bump stocks. The National Firearms Act of 1934 defines a machinegun as \u201cany weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.\u201d The operation of bump-stocks requires an individual trigger pull for each individual round fired. The DOJ nevertheless decided they \u201cinitiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2018  at  7:52 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/trump-doj-announces-bump-stock-ban-confiscation.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free BeaconDecember 19, 2018 The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it will effectively ban the possession of all bump-fire stocks through a new regulatory rule. Senior DOJ officials told reporters it would become a felony to own a bump-stock within 90 days of the new rule\u2019s publication. 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