Feinstein will introduce assault weapons ban in Senate

[NickB79]

157. No, I'm asking for suggestions

Like I said, 90% of what I've read here so far is basically a reiteration of "ban all the guns" and "fuck the Supreme Court's rulings".

If you can suggest something that actually has teeth, I'm more than willing to listen. I honestly don't care if they renewed the 1994 AWB; it doesn't affect the guns I like to hunt and target shoot with. I don't give a damn what the NRA says, because I cancelled my membership with them over 10 years ago when I voted for Gore in 2000.

My problem is that the 1994 AWB was all about cosmetic features that did NOTHING to actually control the spread of assault-style weapons. I was selling AR-15's brand new from the gun shop I worked in during college in 1999 that were AWB-compliant. They still shot as fast, hit as hard, and were as accurate as ones made before or after the AWB. This isn't an NRA talking point; it's the truth. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it any less real.

If we want to actually do something, we need far MORE than what was in the AWB. The problem is, when assault rifles and common hunting guns and guns for self-defense share so many features, where do you draw the line? How do you regulate dangerous weapons without infringing on rights the Supreme Court has ruled US citizens have to own guns for self-defense?

If you have some ideas, I'd be more than happy to listen to them and discuss their pluses and minuses with you as adults. Like I said, I want us to do something to address this. I have a little girl who will be three this spring; I don't want to have to worry about sending her off to school or taking her to the mall. But, we also need to present some serious laws that could actually stand a chance of standing up to Supreme Court scrutiny. Like it or not, those are the rules we currently have to play by.