Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So for the anti-gunners, what is wrong with Bill Clinton's analysis? [View all]MercutioATC
(28,470 posts)1) High-capacity magazines are a phantom issue. I don't train regularly and I can drop an empty magazine and load a full one in less than four seconds. What difference does it really make if I fire 30 rounds from one magazine or have to pause for 4 seconds halfway through to fire the last 15? It's seriously not an issue.
2) "Assault rifles" have, in fact, been heavily regulated since the 1930's. An "assault weapon" is simply a semiautomatic rifle that bears no practical difference to most hunting rifles other than it's usually black and "looks scary" to some people. It's like putting a rear spoiler, neon lights and shiny wheels on a car and painting it black. It's still just a car, but it looks different. Functionally, an "assault weapon" is no different than a hunting rifle.
The problem is that, just as certain pro-gun groups spread untruths to gain support, certain anti-gun groups also spread untruths to gain support. They both use (or create from whole cloth) hot-button issues that have little basis in fact to scare people who don't have a lot of actual knowledge of the subject.
Obama is NOT going to take everybody's guns and neither "assault weapons" nor high-capacity magazines have any appreciable effect on gun crime.