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In reply to the discussion: Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley dies at 84 [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)57. Not exactly.
Prices have come down on high-cap mags, but they never disappeared.
Rifles and such are still regulated by barrel length (can't be too short), caliber (nothing over .50 unless it's a musket), pistols are still regulated by total metal mass, etc. Absolutely NOTHING that can fire more than one shot per pull of the trigger.
The armor-piercing pistol ammo ban emplaced by the same legislation that created the 1994 AWB never sunset either.
Plenty of laws still in effect.
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Yet it was solid Democrats who told Pres. Clinton what would happen if he insisted on the AWB.
Ranchemp.
Oct 2013
#20
I think you underestimate the number of centrists/swing voters, and Democrats that own firearms
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#30