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The BATFE should have never been allowed to have any say whatsoever about bump fire rifle stocks.
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They have authority to issue opinions, and in this case, they were correct. The term
machine gun has a specific legal definition, to wit:
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Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger
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Bump stocks simply do not fit that definition. This brings us to an interesting point about the NRA's response:
they want the ATF to issue a ruling rather than supporting legislation.
But, as I've mentioned, the ATF can't rule that bump stocks are machine guns, since it's still one shot per trigger pull. The only way to outlaw them is through legislation.
Everybody chew on that for a second. The NRA has taken the focus off legislation (which can ban them) and put it on the ATF (who can't ban them). There's more going on here, especially considering that Marion Hammer has involved herself in this.