Trump Administration Will Allow Automatic Weapons To Be Turned Into Machine Guns

It was bad enough that the Republicans in Congress overturned the ban on assault weapons. It was bad enough the Republicans in Congress refused to plug the holes in the background check law. It was bad enough that the Republicans in Congress refused to pass any kind of reasonable (and constitutional) gun laws at all. But now, with the help of the Republican in the White House, they have gone even further.

Last week, the Trump Justice Department settled a lawsuit brought by the National Association for Gun Rights. In that settlement, the DOJ will allow the legal sale of "forced reset triggers" - devices that will allow semiautomatic weapons to fire rapid bursts of bullets. In effect, it will turn a semiautomatic weapon into a machine gun!

We already have far more deaths by guns and mass shootings than any other civilized country. No one else even comes close. This move by the Trump DOJ will make sure more mass shootings occur and many more gun deaths will happen. It will make life much more dangerous for the innocent citizens of all 50 states.

Making matters worse, because the device is not a gun, it can be bought anonymously by anyone on line without a background check - including terrorists, criminals, teens,  and the dangerously mental ill. Anyone who can get their hands on a semiautomatic can legally turn it into a machine gun.

I guess this shouldn't surprise anyone. The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have made it clear they think the rights of gun manufacturers are more important than the lives of American citizens. Now they are showing us there is no limit to the amount of gun deaths they will tolerate.