US’ Biggest Bump Stock Supplier to Federal Gov’t: F You, Pay Us
Knee-jerk bannings come at a price. RW Arms says it’s time for the .gov to pay it.
Just barely two weeks after the federal bump stock ban went into effect, we’ve learned that the largest supplier of bump stocks in the U.S. has filed suit against the federal government seeking damages for the fair market value of the 73,436 bump stocks it was forced to destroy. Fort Worth-based retailer RW Arms, Ltd has joined forces with retailer The Modern Sportsman in an attempt to recoup the significant losses those businesses suffered.
What’s interesting about all of this is that these corporate entities have a far better chance of seeing some of their money than bump-stock owners ever will. You see, the Gun Control Act of 1968 now covers bump stocks, meaning that previously law-abiding owners must destroy or surrender their bump stocks without compensation…on pain of up to 10 years in federal PMITA prison and a cool quarter-mil in fines for each violation. The lawsuit alleges that this is a physical taking of property without just compensation in violation of the 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
RW Arms may be the largest bump stock supplier in America, but that doesn’t mean it’s a big business. In fact, it’s a small 100% veteran-owned company, and although they also distribute high-capacity magazines, performance triggers, optics, and rifle parts, the loss of the bump stock side of their business is not inconsiderable.
“Without legislation, the government was able to overturn the previous ruling on bump stocks effectively turning law abiding gun owners into felons overnight if they were not turned in or destroyed,” said Michael Stewart of RW Arms. “This is an injustice, overreach, and infringement on our 2nd amendment and 5th amendment rights. We appreciate the work of Gun Owners of America and Firearms Policy Coalition for continuing to fight for our rights. We at RW Arms have been working behind the scenes preparing for this fight and have now filed lawsuit against the government to protect our rights and the rights of our customers from being infringed any further.”
Okay, yes, that was considerably politer than “F you, pay me.” After all, they’re about to head into court and that sort of vulgarity wouldn’t work in their favor. So I’m happily saying it for them.
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This is funny. I’m reading most of these comments and almost see the reason for the ban. Most of you are certifiable. And yes, that would mean no guns for you. What a bunch of jokes. I mean, I love my guns but I kinda get what gun nut means too. This is why I quit the NRA. They’ll defend ANYTHING if it has to do with guns. I personally don’t mind a bump stock but I wouldn’t own one. And most of you didn’t even know what one was until Vegas.
It’s a good thing, then, that it’s not up to Fudds like you who would deem other people literally insane simply for having a differing opinion from you. The only joke here is people like you who are happy to give up their fundamental rights without due process or even legislation but instead by ruling from an unelected office. What other rights would you be happy to give up to feel safe?
Why can’t owners all join into a class action lawsuit. It was a taking by the government without compensation. What if is a certain gun of a certain caliber next? Can they just take without compensating us? I remember when Republicans were a party of small government, but now it seems like they are becoming the big government problem themselves. This whole thing was un-American!
The bump stock was initially approved by the Alphabet agency under Obama period of transformation! Now because of one loser the gun grabbers decide to confiscate this accessory without compensation! What are you afraid of US Gvmt! That’s in violation of Constitution! All gun grabbers should be labeled domestic terrorists! That is you Bloomband Soros!
WTF? The gov’t has mini-guns that can fire 6,000 rounds per minute, from 7.62mm through 30mm. Why are they afraid of our having bump-fire stocks that have a rate 0f approx. 500-600 rpm’s? The largest magazine you can purchase is 75 round drums. What is their problem? What are they afraid of???
Us!
I am betting that someone will propose a “Rate of Fire” regulation soon. I can fire an AR and most Pistols just as fast as if I had a Bump Stock. Maybe I should do some Youtube videos about Bump Fire without a BUMPSTOCK!
Watch Jerry Miculek get banned…ever seen him with a revolver?
Watch him with one of his AR’s versus a bump-stock!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grgfKJT4Z48
Screw the government..just like they screw us..
They should ban the mentally ill from owning firearms..they do..
Ban the aclu..they are the ones who make it illegal to put crazies in
mental institutions..they had them all closed down..so who’s crazy?
You have to lock up the nuts..this means the mentally ill..we have to have
places for these people..
If you locked up the mentally ill most of congress would be locked up. No?
You have a very good point……but, Oh now what to do ???
They can try. It will be like Waco.
This is arbitrary BS. Tyranny.
The bump stock was just a cover up of the true crime of someone using a fully auto weapon. After the incident the government also took advantage of the situation to blame the bump stock. There was more to that day than what the government ant the city of Las Vegas. Whenever the at-15 is used in a crime the government jumps in.
Just sayin.
Listen for yourself…
multiple shooters is confirmed by the Vagas police scanner uploaded here:
https://youtu.be/1xAcTKNpDeY
Right on, Steven.
Please check your spelling before you post.
And this is not a law anyway. It’s an arbitrary administrative decision by an unelected bureaucrat, which has even less authority under the Constitution than an executive order.
ex post facto was tossed out the window when they got away with taking away gun rights fro misdemeanors that occurred decades before Laughtenburg.. Wish these folks luck.
The ever growing Tyranny in our gov., soon we’ll all be criminals !!
It is PAST time to stop our illegal government!
Mr. Trump, love’em though we do…is supposed to support businesses. He was also supposed to reduce our taxes. (Sorry, SALT) and protect The Second Amendment…not “amend” it by regulation for Obama type Executive Orders.
When people make and sell something stupid, they deserve what they get when it’s banned. That’s how the capitalism you people live and die on works, period. A legal machine gun is not an answer to anything.
When people compose and write something stupid, they deserve to be mocked. The self-righteousness that you people live and die for is hysterically funny.
Not really. A lot of people still sell coffee, which is useless, polluting and bad for your health.
Wow. You sound like one of Obamas SHEEP.
Sounds like you agree with a tyranic government. Your most likely OK with socialism too. Maybe you should find another country to live in and do as the government says.
Your parents made you and you’re stupid. Instead of making ignorant statements why don’t you go back to your basement and worship at your democratic socialist altar.
Has no one heard of Ex post facto ?
Thank you for saying that.
You can’t make something illegal before it was illegal.
Owners of legally purchased products can’t become criminals retroactively.
That’s is one of the complaints in the Declaration of Independence also.
It’s easy for ‘the government ‘ to come up with these strategies to increase their control. Imagine the unlikely case wherein ‘the government’ has to pay the companies for their loss: it’s the taxpayer who pays and the evil rascals in ‘the government ‘ go largely unidentified. The rascals in government win no matter what. We the People have not been meeting our responsibility as citizens for a very long time.
Your right. Citizens have let OUR COUNTRY go to hell and getting worse.
Why didn’t the government license it?
You can own a machine gun with passing for a special license
It WAS going to hell, especially when BATFE was allowing Green card holders to purchase firearms under Obumbler. Thank God Hitlery Lost!
Woah,woah,woah…. what is the problem with Green Card holders owning firearms? These people are future citizens who followed US law and immigrated LEGALLY and are waiting for the time they can be US CITIZENS. These are the people who actually want to assimilate into the culture of the US and contribute. They are far removed from the illegals who come here abuse the system and try to convert the US into the cesspool they left in the fist place. THOSE PEOPLE should be (and are) banned from owning firearms.
I wonder when we are going to say ENOUGH! And band together and do something? We need someone to lead us and organize us.
I think they definitely should outlaw Democrats. Take there jobs and not refund any earned retirement benefits. LoL
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Love it!!!
Bravo!
LAWS SHOULD BE MADE AGAINST CRIMINAL’S NOT INANIMATE OBJECT’S IT MAKES CONGRESS AND THE SENATE LOOK DUMB OR TRAITOR’S AGAINST THE LAWABIDEING CITIZEN’S OF THIS NATION ETC.!!
Congress has looked dumb since the 1980s! Instead of ensuring the laws already on the books being enforced properly, Congress decides to enact more and more new restrictive, unenforceable laws, or as one commentator so aptly put it, “… throwing good money after bad…”! All to satisfy the shadow government’s plan to implement their “New World Order” after clearing their biggest hurdle, disarming the American citizenry
This is a classic case of Government over-reach. The fact that the bump stock was used by the deranged gunman to kill people should not make the bump stock illegal. The illegal gunman was the problem and
government can not prosecute him because he is dead. This like saying it is a same thing as making all cars illegal since cars kill people and therefore, all cars and car makers must destroy cars that are in their inventory? We have laws prohibiting people from driving but they still do, illegally. We have criminals and mentally ill possessing and using guns for illegal purposes. Normal, law abiding citizen will not and do not
kill others. I will bet that the criminals will be more than likely take this opportunity to take advantage of the
federal ban on the bump stocks. Why we beat on the 2nd is beyond me. We should be finding ways to prevent the insane and the criminals from killing innocent people. We the people will keep and bear arms to defend our great nation from within and without. We have been doing it since 1776. What else?
There’s no fact the psycho actually used a bump stock. Read the reports. Neither the Las Vegas police nor the FBI stated conclusively that a bump stock was even used.
First of all I would have never destroyed the bump stocks. Market them out of this Country! I would have found A distributor somewhere to sell over seas. A small business can’t afford these kink of loses! More government takeover trying to make slaves out of tax payer! 🇺🇸
” Gun Control Act of 1968 now covers bump stocks, meaning that previously law-abiding owners must destroy or surrender their bump stocks without compensation”
I thought laws passed recently could not be made retroactive and this would “grandfather” current owners, but only apply to those who purchase after the law change.
Just like my full rack of dusty guns, an inanimate object like a bump stock is not going to jump out of a box, install itself onto an AR and hang itself out a hotel window and start shooting people. This is the very same knee-jerk reactionism that gun-banning Hollywooders glam onto. What are they going to knee-jerk about next? Our thumbs and belt loops? PEOPLE shoot people. The leftists and all it’s elite core are just as guilty of killing millions of people as any one, crazy, active shooter.
They should go one step further and demand reimbursement for everyone that owned a bumpstock!
R&W all the way, hit those politicians where it hurts. what’s next?
God i hate oppressive and lying government who know damned well it was not a bump stock that killed all those poor people at Vegas. They go along with the cover up and that makes them evil in my eyes! Good for this company and i hope to God they win.
I fail to believe the guy they are saying did the shooting and then committed suicide is not the guy doing the shooting, I believe he was dead before the shooting started, there was at least one other person, or more, people involved, and in my mind it was people in the FBI and supporters of the Clinton/Obama Islamic/Marxist cartel. This was not a one person movement. AND, where is the guy that was said to have been a witness and hightailed it to Mexico?
The government needs to fairly compensate these companies both for the loss of the products destroyed, potential future earnings from those products as well as any employees that may no longer have a job as a result. Personally, I have no use for a bump stock. That said- it doesn’t make it any less of an insult and infringement on our -every American’s – Second Amendment.
Did the judge violate the commerce act(s)?