LA crowds protest an officer's actions, I disagree

[xj0hnx]

Hey xj0hnx, not even an "Ooops, my mistake?"

No, because you aren't grasping the concept, and seem to miss the fact that the BATFE letter commented on the concept, not the actual modification, I've read through the thread and don't see anywhere that the BATFE approved the guy to stick a staple in his trigger group to modify how it fired. Besides the fact that such a design would be monumentally retarded, the letter you are referring to says "A firearm that shoots once upon pulling the trigger, and once upon releasing the trigger would not meet the definition of a machine gun" goes on to say "Please be advised that certain modifications to a firearm may alter it in a manner classifies it as a machine gun. This alteration could be based upon the configuration of the receiver, or the combination of parts in one's possession, regardless of the firearms function" So no, it is not just legal to modify the firearm to fire this way. It would depend on the design, and function of the modification.

 

[xj0hnx]

I still don't quite buy it. There's that story of a guy with an AR15 that had a true double tap at the range and got a nasty federal felony and many years for it even though it was truly a malfunction. I personally wouldn't risk it at all, I value my right to own firearms.

Exactly. The BATFE may say something in a letter when questioned about the legality very specific function, but that is NOT the same thing as a modification such as this being approved. I believe the guy you are talking about did a legal mod that went cyclic.