Reply #44: I don't doubt the power to regulate

[Recursion]

I dislike the dishonesty of legislators' claiming that giving an ordinary civilian rifle a protuding pistol grip, or putting a pistol's magazine well in front of the trigger instead of behind it, in any way increases the threat that weapon represents.

If you can give me a coherent argument as to how either of those features actually represent a greater threat, I'll be happy to consider them (and I think legislatures have a perfectly valid interest in regulating firearms just like any other consumer product).

As it is, what I see is legislatures banning guns that "look frightening" but are not in any way more dangerous than other weapons. And that makes me and others worry that the actual agenda is a death-by-a-thousand-cuts banning of all or most firearms.

So, again, the devil is in the details here: if you can tell me how the characteristics that classify a weapon as an "assault weapon" actually make that weapon any more dangerous to the public, I'm more than happy to consider them.