Gun Rights Supporters Outraged over Donald Trump’s Bump Stock Ban

Newspapers and news outlets around the country report that gun rights supporters are outraged about President Trump’s bump stock ban.

For example, Fox News ran the headline “Bump stock ban has gun rights advocates up in arms.”

The Salt Lake Tribune’s headline read, “‘Really a dangerous precedent’: Utah gun advocates are angry about the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks.” 

The Tribune reports that gun rights advocates see the ban as a civil rights infringement that will not prevent mass shootings.

Utah Shooting Sports Council’s Clark Aposhian said of the Trump administration, “They were just looking for a scapegoat and they found one.”

Women Against Gun Control founder Janalee Tobias observed, “It’s really a dangerous precedent.” She suggested the ban is indicative of blaming a device rather than the person who misuses the device and thereby sets the stage for more bans down the road.