Gun Control & RKBA

...the extensive regulations on full-auto (which amount to a de facto ban) are an Achille's heel to your all-gun-regulations-are-unconstitutional shtick. Even your hero Scalia wouldn't go there. You know in your heart, that if regs can be heaped on full-auto weapons making them unavailable to nearly everyone, that there is no compelling legal principle that would make it impossible for the same thing to happen to semi-auto.

de fac·to
ˌdā ˈfaktō/
adverb
adverb: de facto; adverb: defacto

1.
in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not.
"the island has been de facto divided into two countries"
synonyms: in practice, in effect, in fact, in reality, really, actually
"the republic is de facto two states"
antonyms: de jure

adjective
adjective: de facto; adjective: defacto

1.
denoting someone or something that is such in fact.
"a de facto one-party system"
synonyms: actual, real, effective
"de facto control"
antonyms: de jure