Good luck with that. It is estimated that there are over 20 million "AR" type long guns in the US, and God Only Knows how many hand guns, like my Glock, that would be considered "semiautomatic weapons". We can't keep drugs out of our prisons, so how successful would a ban be at keeping weapons off our streets??
They have a hundred ways to find out who owns guns. They confiscate the sales receipts from gun shops. The find out the carry permit owners from state records. They check the stores for receipts of those who purchased ammo. The check the records of gun repair shops. There are endless ways for them to know who owns a gun. Mentioning it in a forum is truly meaningless. If they want to get you, they will.
Well, I agree with the first part, but not the second.
Funny how for some 200 years it was considered a collective right, but because of the radical SCOTUS justices, it is now an "individual right."
Well, certainly you know more than the folks on the Supreme Court about what our Founding Fathers meant when they said "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed". The rest of your little rant just shows your own _________.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens stated that the court's judgment was "a strained and unpersuasive reading" which overturned longstanding precedent, and that the court had "bestowed a dramatic upheaval in the law".[53] Stevens also stated that the amendment was notable for the "omission of any statement of purpose related to the right to use firearms for hunting or personal self-defense" which was present in the Declarations of Rights of Pennsylvania and Vermont.[53]
A concealed gun would be for personal protection and seems fine to me, but conservative though I am I have a problem with assault rifles, bump stocks, and full automatics that are a little over the top for personal protection and obviously well suited for killing large numbers of people, whether a crowd of merry makers, demonstrators, or a bunch of school children.
I completely agree with you on the importance of real law enforcement — Completely! Unfortunately those assault rifles and bump stocks may be intended for the law abiding but they can easily wind up in the hands of loons and criminals.
As can anything.
Very true, but if assault rifles and bump stocks were illegal and the law enforced maybe it would be tougher for the loons and criminals to lay their hands on them.
Reality: It's way too late. Thousands of them are already in the hands of loons & criminals. Most are untraceable.
So-called assault weapons were not "intended" for any distinct group. As it is now, the predators are using them in alarming numbers. It has gotten to the point where the home owner needs the same type of weapon to offset the criminals deadlier advantage. Hand guns have nowhere near the stopping power of a rifle bullet, nor the penetration power to go through doors, or even a wall. In a deadly home invasion it is necessary for the perpetrators to realize they may not have the advantage they thought they had. Seeing their cohorts dropping wounded or dead could change their minds in a hurry. These days the police, or what is left of them due to their lessened ranks, can take a long time in showing up.
Bingo. And nothing less would have saved this homeowner who faced multiple armed assailants:
Really amusing. Whenever I post these news items, NONE of the people who say "No one needs an assault rifle; they should be banned; people who need to defend themselves only need a shotgun or a 6-shot revolver" ever have a response.
If Rowe can be overturned so can the Scotus ruling. Not with the present scotus of course.
If you would really like to be amused just do a search for “neighbor shot by stray bullet”. I quit counting after 50 hits. So scoff at shotguns, but after letting loose with a dozen rounds from your AR or bump stock try not to be amused while explaining to your neighbor why you killed his sleeping wife or kid.Really amusing. Whenever I post these news items, NONE of the people who say "No one needs an assault rifle; they should be banned; people who need to defend themselves only need a shotgun or a 6-shot revolver" ever have a response.
It's like magic.........they just disappear.
That's exactly right. The overturning of Roe sent us down a slippery slope. With these radical justices, we no longer have a separation of church and state. Religious zealots celebrate the banning of abortion, but it can go both ways. If the Constitutional right to abortion can be taken away, so can rights to worship freely.
Sorry to tell you, but I did google "neighbor shot by stray bullet" and I only looked at the first 8 or 9 hits, and all but one of them was a neighbor, outside, doing "target practice". The odd one was a kid shooting at a bird.
Of course, if we are just weaving fairy tales, sure, that can happen. Just not in my or your lifetime. In the meantime, keep your unicorn in a safe place.
Nice try, but I would only "let loose" with whatever is needed at the time. I have no use for a bump stock or fully auto. And my shots only go where they belong - which is into an intruder. I use frangible ammo that's unlikely to go through anything else.
