Saturday, March 10–The U. S. Department of Justice clarified today that guns outfitted with ‘bump stocks’ are illegal.

In a notice submitted for public release to the Office of Management and Budget, the DOJ issued the following statement:

Today the Department of Justice submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a notice of a proposed regulation to clarify that the definition of “machinegun” in the National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act includes bump stock type devices, and that federal law accordingly prohibits the possession, sale, or manufacture of such devices.

Thus weapons souped up in this way are against the law in the U. S.

This ruling seems to be definitive.

Remains to be seen how the National Rifle Association will try to fight against it, and whether the NRA can persuade any judges or justices to go along with their own redefinition of terms.