State “bump stock” bans are going over like Lynyrd Skynyrd tapes at an NPR fundraiser.\u00a0 Vermont’s gun grab netted almost nothing:<\/p>\n
State police told\u00a0local media this week<\/a>\u00a0that a total of two reciprocating stocks were turned in prior to the Oct. 1 deadline. Two! That\u2019s it! For the entire state!<\/p>\n
The ATF estimates that there are up to a\u00a0half million bump stocks in circulation<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. While it\u2019s not clear how many are in The Green Mountain State, it\u2019s almost certainly more than two!\u00a0[Going purely proportional share of the population, the number could be right around 1,000 – Ed.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s not like they couldn’t have predicted this:<\/p>\n
Authorities in Vermont should not be shocked by the poor turnout. Compliance in the other eight states that have prohibited them has also been virtually nonexistent.<\/p>\n
Only\u00a0three stocks<\/a>\u00a0had been surrendered by the February deadline in Massachusetts, and as of earlier this year, none (0) have been turned in since Denver and New Jersey banned the devices, as GunsAmerica\u00a0previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n