Gun Control & RKBA

"ban all semiautos". There are other rights in the Bill of Rights other than the 2nd, which you would have to get rid of to even consider this. Like, "taking". When you ban them, you are "taking" them. You think the budget is overspent now, come up with several billion more for compensation. And a $50 Wal-Mart card isn't going to cut it, either. Some top end semi autos will fetch several thousand, apiece. That's why some gun owners consider their collections "investments".


"The intent is clear: ban guns meant for killing humans."

OK, let's talk "intent". Technically, you could make the case that every firearm produced since the 1400's have been "meant for killing humans". Unfortunately, wars bring out the best of research and development. So, are you calling for a complete ban on firearms? Truthfully, now. You don't have to answer here, just to yourself. If so, that horse left the barn 600+ years ago. There is no way that a total firearm ban, in ANY country, would work. Welcome to the 2010's, with 3D printers, and a machine shop in your garage. The "intent" to use a firearm to murder others is in the heart of the individual, not the lockwork of the gun. Guns are not "evil", any more than drugs are "evil". It's the user that is evil. And laws just proscribe what is illegal, and what is not, and provide parameters of punishment of violation of same. After all, murder has been illegal for thousands of years, but it still happens. Do you really think someone with murder in their heart is going to be stopped by a puny little equipment ban?