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Again, if the list is overly broad, then that's a separate matter... but the ban of automatic assault weapons is an issue supported by most Americans -- most polls show even gun owners supporting the ban on automatic weapons. I agree that it looks like the list is bigger than it should be but that's something that can be dealt with without throwing out the whole idea of the ban.
none of the firearms listed is even an assault rifle. so tell me now what do they actually want banned and why?
Not being up on gun laws, I have a couple thoughts.
Registering guns makes sense. It just does, but criminals don't use legitamately registered guns. How does gun registration quell crime? It doesn't.
In the OP, Pelosi said something about keeping guns from crossing state lines. What country does she live in? Nobody can be stopped from carrying a gun, or anything else across STATE lines. People carry dead bodies across state lines. Unless she thinks she can put border patrol along every state line in America, she'll have to rethink that one.
I do think automatic weapons and assault weapons should be outlawed.
automatic and assault weapons are already tightly controlled by the federal goverment, and the AWB that the current democratic congress wants to ban has nothing to do at all with these firearms.
what they wnt banned is firearms capable of semi-automatic fire only, meaning 1 pull of the trigger firing 1 bullet.
so why do you think that these firearms should be banned from the law abiding public?
Again, if the list is overly broad, then that's a separate matter... but the ban of automatic assault weapons is an issue supported by most Americans -- most polls show even gun owners supporting the ban on automatic weapons. I agree that it looks like the list is bigger than it should be but that's something that can be dealt with without throwing out the whole idea of the ban.
Today 02:55 PMvsmooveNobody on this thread has argued for a ban that I can tell.
Registration laws cannot be applied to felons as it would be self incrimination.
Only those who are not felons can be prosecuted for not registering a firearm.
How does this stop gun crime exactly??
Felons can be prosecuted for possessing a weapon AND for possessing a non-registered weapon.
Just a quick question for you: How many criminals were non-criminals just minutes and seconds before they committed their first crime? The answer would be: 100% of them.
Criminals are not born criminals. They have to commit a crime to become a criminal.
would you like it if the goverment wanted you to register your newspaper, computer and tv before you could buy 1, and then you could only buy 1 a month?
If you can show me one case where a family was murdered with a TV set, I will agree with you.
If you can show me just one high school or college massacre where students were beaten to death with newspapers, I will agree with you.
If you can show me just one police report where a criminal walked into a convenience store and killed the clerk by messing with the store computer, I will agree with you.
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