Why Civilian variant assault rifles should not be banned.

[Dylan]

Pistols are the problem re crime, which is too bad since pistols are also the most effective for self defense.

I think requiring extensive background checks and cracking down hard on unauthorized ownership and sales is a good middle ground. New York does the latter pretty well, and if you use a gun in commission of a felony you are always risking a home run sentence. I like this.

Obviously assault rifles--as defined by spider--are not the major issue, but I still think there should be limits to what people can own. You don't need those kind of weapons for anything besides fun, and I just don't think it's worth having them out there so people can get their jollies shooting a refrigerator or whatever.

[Spider]

[Dylan]

[Boris Johnson]

[Dylan]

[Spider]

What is needed really isn't relevant. "Need" doesn't apply to this issue for the reasons already covered.

And automatics are already outside of this issue, for the most part. "Assault weapons" as they are commonly understood, are almost always semi-automatic.

[spacemonkey]

Banning them won't eliminate them. Drunk driving is banned, do we have drunk free roads? Nope, and never will.

[Dylan]

[Dylan]

[Spider]