Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Where do you stand on banning guns? [View all]alabama_for_obama
(136 posts)I Meant most everything covered in the NFA, though as I said, I am on the fence with full auto machine guns, sub machine guns (real assault rifles with select fire or only full auto) and machine pistols.
The rest of the stuff covered under the NFA, especially SBR's and SBS's seems pretty arbitrary and unnecessary. Likewise the arguments for making suppressors hard to get is pretty weak when compared to tue benefits that they offer.
As to what currently gets labeled as an "assault weapon" that whole law was pretty laughable, the moment you familiarize yourself with firearms technology, even on a casual basis. I'm still not sure what they were trying to do exactly, except that in an incrementalist world view, any restriction on gunownership is a good one. The only thing that is of any possible merit from the assault weapons ban is the magazine capacity limits, and even then, the arguments against are weak at best. Personally if I were to get an ar-15, it would have wooden furniture instead of the ubiquitous plastic available today.
We would be better off understanding what makes people feel act out in violent ways and address that than if we were to push any stricter gun restrictions.