Reply #43: You don't get it.

[beevul]

Assault rifles? Ahem. Assault rifles have been tightly controlled since 1934, through the NFA (national firearms act)

What your talking about is "assault weapons". As in the assault weapons ban. These rifles are used in aproximately 3% of all crimes. Calling for a ban on guns used in 3% of all crimes, on its face, is hardly sensible, let alone to gun owners. Not to mention, the guns in question ARE NOT automatic weapons, nor are they military issue, nor are they a gun that shoots a more powerful round that a common hunting rifle. The guns in question are modern designed firearms that may or may not have a military appearance.

Without understanding of these things you can't convince anyone your not going to try to take guns, in the literal sense or the sense of eliminating them in the future, because bills like HR 1022 do exactly that. they go after guns. Not machine guns. Not assault rifles. GUNS PEOPLE OWN. And the bill in question has 30 or so democratic sponsors/co-sponsors.


Do you really think that most gun owners will see the above as sensible? How could a gun owner come to any other conclusion than what you describe as a "myth"?