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In reply to the discussion: Assault Weapons [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)53. They did that in New York state.
Many if not most jurisdictions in that state refuse to enforce it. What makes you think other jurisdictions in other states will?
They tried the registration/turn them in thing in CT, and got a ten percent compliance rate.
What makes you think that rate would be higher elsewhere?
The reality, is that if ten plus million people say "no, we wont", you have a huge problem on your hands, that legislators went out of their way to create, and have no easy way out of - except repealing the law.
Is that really a situation you want to see exist?
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Oh god now we will be treated to the list of why there is no such think as an assault weapon
upaloopa
Nov 2015
#1
Well get a Dem congress and the backing of people and we can get some new laws.
upaloopa
Nov 2015
#3
<face palm> It's precisely stupidity like "assault weapon" bans that prevent us from
pablo_marmol
Nov 2015
#24
I'd really like to buy a military style assault-weapon. Never shot an automatic firearm before.
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#10
What appeals to me is they are accurate, modular, low recoil, variety of calibers than can be
Waldorf
Nov 2015
#14
Au contraire, IMO a poke in the eye to the self-important is always a good thing...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2015
#41
Mine isn't M16 style, and you well know that they aren't select-fire like the M16.
benEzra
Nov 2015
#37
don't need to. We can pass an assult weapons ban given the right congressional make up
upaloopa
Nov 2015
#46
What do we do about the millions of semi-auto rifles already in circulation?
Snobblevitch
Nov 2015
#62