FORCED RESET TRIGGER DEVICE Looks like a machine gun, shoots like a machine gun & KILLS LIKE A MACHINE GUN. It’s a MACHINE GUN. The Trump Crime Organization gave its cult followers a more deadly weapon to use against judges, journalists & politicians.

 

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"Brady United, one of the oldest gun-control groups in the country, denounced Friday’s settlement as a “backroom deal with the gun lobby.”

Everytown USA, another gun violence prevention organization, said Saturday that the legalization of forced reset trigger devices is a threat not only to communities but also to law enforcement: “Machine guns have no place on our streets, and this move from the Trump Administration will only lead to tragedy.”

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The Washington Post

Trump administration strikes deal to allow sales of rapid-fire gun modification

The settlement allows further sales of a trigger device that enables semiautomatic weapons to fire more rounds in less time.

May 17, 2024

By Arelis R. Hernández

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THE TECHNICAL KNOW HOW TO USE AN ASSAULT RIFLE CAN BE LEARNED IN A DAY. 

“AR-15s are popular in part because they are relatively easy to use. They have comparatively little recoil and can be customized with accessories, such as optics, scopes and pistol grips that improve comfort and accuracy.”

‘Today, we basically have a DIY ecosystem where lone folks can engage in conduct that previously tilted more towards groups and small cells,” Levin said. ‘There’s a whole cauldron that involves radicalization, misinformation, legitimization of violence as a method within this grievance set and that’s what you have."

“Brian Levin, the founder of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and professor emeritus at Cal State San Bernardino, said the suspect appeared to be part of a growing movement of idiosyncratic lone actors radicalized on obscure internet sites and misinformation.

‘We’re seeing the violent extremism landscape be seriously influenced by lone actors, a freewheeling and broad social media, and an idiosyncratic wave, from these loners who are able to either glom onto segments of existing broad movements, or find a niche in a particularly obscure one.’

Historically, Levin said, it would be harder for an individual to have an obscure ideology validated and legitimized and gain the knowledge to carry out such an attack.

‘Today, we basically have a DIY ecosystem where lone folks can engage in conduct that previously tilted more towards groups and small cells,” Levin said. ‘There’s a whole cauldron that involves radicalization, misinformation, legitimization of violence as a method within this grievance set and that’s what you have.

‘The ability to get radicalized, as well as the ability to actually gain the technical know-how, along with a hot-button anger-inducing social media landscape — this is the world we’re living in,’ he added. ‘And unfortunately, California has seen all kinds of aspects of this.”

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