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In reply to the discussion: Maybe a dumb question on Assault rifles [View all]SYFROYH
(34,169 posts)39. First step, is to repudiate gun bans. Once gun bans are off the table, there will be room to talk
The point is not to avoid all gun owners being angry just the reasonable middle.
Toomey-Manchin style background checks (with the friends and family clauses) will get more votes
Raising the age for semi-auto ownership to 21 or 24 might get enough votes, too.
Magazine bans over 33 might work because it only impacts a few owners and manufacturers.
I think those are the low-hanging fruit.
The NRA and the energized primary voters in many are fighting everything because too many gun controllers have said their real goal is to ban some classes of guns.
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The suggestion that ammunition be highly taxed or made extremely expensive
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2021
#1
If you can afford a gun that shoots 200 rounds a minute it's not expensive enough. nt
AndyS
Apr 2021
#22
First step, is to repudiate gun bans. Once gun bans are off the table, there will be room to talk
SYFROYH
Apr 2021
#39
Assault rifles use a wide range of ammunition. Some are commonly used for hunting
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#10
The advantages of the .223 is that they are are lighter and being less powerful , have little recoil
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#19
I believe the Army is thinking of abandoning the 5.45X45 NATO round for something more powerful
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#43
Hunters are accustomed to one shot one kill. 'Assault weapon" shooter are accustomed to just spray
AndyS
Apr 2021
#26
I have no desire to own any firearms, I recently sold my Colt 1911 ACP because I just
MarineCombatEngineer
Apr 2021
#37
Might not be constitutional in the vein of Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota Comm'r
Amishman
Apr 2021
#38