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In reply to the discussion: If Senate Democrats had accepted due process, we would have gun control [View all]bighart
(1,565 posts)just as none of the proposed bill would do nothing to impact guns already out there.
My thinking is around new purchases not placing limits on firearms currently owned by law abiding citizens.
I am a realist and there are not going to be significant restrictions placed on weapons already "in the field", that is just a fact.
It is also a fact that the vast majority of gun homicides are committed with handguns not rifles so any legislation that only deals with rifles in whatever form will be minimally effective and if it focuses on "assault rifles" specifically will be statistically irrelevant.
If the goal is to just pass a bill to look like something is being done both sides are on the right path, if the goal is to actually reduce gun crime neither side is doing anything meaningful.