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Something like 75% of Americans want a national assault weapon ban, so no. Has little to do with leftists.
And also has nothing to do with "hating guns". Most gun owners want reasonable gun rules, want an assault weapon ban, and strongly dislike the NRA. Heck, I've owned guns and agree with all this. Why wouldn't I?
It's just a few nuts who keep parroting the "Obama wants to take your guns" silliness. No one is proposing to ban guns.
Which part did you not get ? This new twist on the their current ban will eliminate semi-auto shotguns and rifles, many which are used for hunting. This isn't about the evil black sporting rifle the media and our politicians have got the left cowering in fear of this is one step towards an all out ban. Once they get the semi-auto long guns out of the way , the next target will be bolt action, lever and single shot long guns. Then the same rhetoric will be applied to handguns. Which will be much easier since many states require them to be registered.
Oh and by the way, it is already VERY time consuming and expensive to get an "assault" rifle , with many background checks and such. If someone is willing to go thru all that , I have no problem with it. I'm pretty sure not a single mass shooting or murder has been committed here in the past 50 years with an assault weapon.
Criminals, by definition, don't "give a flip" about whatever law is being broken. That doesn't mean we shouldn't have laws. A murderer doesn't "give a flip" about homicide laws; doesn't mean we should legalize murder.
No, maybe we should ban people ? Just using your logic.
To compound the problem, Mass stands in the way of a hunting trip to Maine.
So now hunters who drive thru Mass with semi auto rifles on the way to Maine will be impacted??? Don't be surprised if Mass requires those hunters to call ahead and let st police know they are driving thru...just as the law already on the books for pistols.
Driving to Maine with a pistol thru Mass requires you to contact Mass police to let them know you will be driving thru their state.
How many that hunt in Maine, NH, VT call Mass to tell them you have a pistol in your vehicle if you drive thru Mass?
Imagine a guy going to hunt in Manie fron NJ, has a pistol in his car and didn;t call ahead to Mass st police....the law is quite happy to send an otherwise law abiding citizen to prison to share a cell with a gangbanger. That is a bad law. Punish those who violate administrative gun laws and exempt gang members running and selling drugs.
The left just seem to love this, I can see all the SJW's jumping around and frothing at the mouth in M.A. over winning the battle on those evil black rifles.
No, my argument is that banning rifles that look "scary" will do nothing to help our nation's gun crime problem, but they will make millions of Americans felons for possessing a firearm that was previously legal and no more dangerous than any other firearm.
Your comments were relative to Europe, they ban many guns and it's not because of their "looks".
Something like 75% of Americans want a national assault weapon ban, so no. Has little to do with leftists.
And also has nothing to do with "hating guns". Most gun owners want reasonable gun rules, want an assault weapon ban, and strongly dislike the NRA. Heck, I've owned guns and agree with all this. Why wouldn't I?
It's just a few nuts who keep parroting the "Obama wants to take your guns" silliness. No one is proposing to ban guns.
Funny thing is 10,000 sporting rifles were sold in M.A. last year...seems like there is quite a demand for them to me...Just saying.
Something like 75% of Americans want a national assault weapon ban, so no. Has little to do with leftists.
And also has nothing to do with "hating guns". Most gun owners want reasonable gun rules, want an assault weapon ban, and strongly dislike the NRA. Heck, I've owned guns and agree with all this. Why wouldn't I?
It's just a few nuts who keep parroting the "Obama wants to take your guns" silliness. No one is proposing to ban guns.
No, 75% of Americans are not in favor of "assault weapon" bans. To quote another BOGUS stat, 90% of Americans don't favor universal background checks, either. I never cared much for the NRA, but during the recent (three or four years) push for gun control, I decided to join up, and belong to about five groups now, including that dreadful NRA. Keep pushing, people. It's having the complete opposite effect you're hoping for.
Governor Cuomo is probably livid right now that Massachusetts one-upped him. Just got word that someone travelling through NY for a job in NH paused at a rest stop and was arrested for having an "assault weapon" with him. Crazy, that you can't even stop while travelling in NY without breaking the assinine laws.
I never cared much for the NRA, but during the recent (three or four years) push for gun control, I decided to join up, and belong to about five groups now, including that dreadful NRA. Keep pushing, people. It's having the complete opposite effect you're hoping for.
Likewise. I never had much love for the NRA, but every time the president starts talking about gun control I write them another renewal check.
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