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Originally Posted by flounder_smacker
It's safe to say that there are millions of "assault" weapons currently in the us. And I'm sure there are going to be quite a few sold before this ban takes place. 8 months from now when some other mentally I'll goes out and slaughters people with a banned weapon then what? Guns are not the problem. People are.
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I agree, people are the problem, they do the killing, but what weapon is their choice, an assault weapon. How many of these mass killings have been with a Browning Bolt action rifle or Remington 1100? Making assault weapons illegal to buy may just keep one idiot from walking into a gun shop or gun show and purchasing one to carry out another crazy act like CT. Wouldn't that be worth the ban? To me it would be, and I love my guns, but we got to start somewhere. There are a lot of other areas that need addressing also, mental illness and helping those in need would be another, Violence on TV and some of these video games our kids play everyday, another ....