I believe that the NRA is the reason we still have any guns in our possession. I for one am willing to give up bump stocks if that means keeping what else we have now. The gun control groups will never give up, throwing a bone is something that has always been done. Since we don’t have a parallel universe we may never know if not giving an inch would have worked against things like full auto. Bump stocks are a recent development and not something that has any long-standing tradition in this country. Bump stocks could have just as easily been shot down (pun intended) by the BATF when they were first submitted, and no one would have given it a second thought.

I would like to see gun owners get something when we give but it doesn't happen. Our representatives always want to prove they can be reasonable on gun control and it never works. The gun control groups are content with the death of guns by a thousand cuts. Personally, I would like to see reciprocity in exchange for bump stocks and moving the age to buy center fire semi auto rifles to 21. But our representatives will likely give in and not get anything.