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Originally posted by Lebell
Should I take your silence to mean agreement that the AWB is a joke and that bans on these guns are based more on irrational fear and not for practical reasons*?
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Well, I think some actual assault weapons should be controlled. I see no reason for a person to have a fully automatic large-bore weapon at home in most cases.
I'm flexible to the idea that responsible people, gun clubs, etc, could have the larger weapons, in return for agreeing to deeper background checks or for agreeing to inspection of their facilities for safety, etc. Your pics you posted of people firing off big weapons looked like a lot of fun.
I think the current assault weapons ban is flawed, but I would support a "real" assault weapons ban.
My idea of a perfect gun control law would be this:
Level one - small weapons (home defense and hunting)
- short, lenient background check
- standardized national gun safety course
- limits on quantities
- agreements from the gunmakers to voluntarily limit distribution of "saturday night specials
- national standards for flea markets with the same standards for background check, etc, as gun dealers
- exemptions for antique guns are fine by me
level two - fully automatic weapons and other hand-held guns with no real hunting or self-defense use
- deeper background check
- more extensive safety course
- sold only through licensed dealers
level three - antique, oddball stuff, large guns, small mortars, small rockets
- limited to licensed gun clubs
- extensive background check
- off home facility required
- random inspections possible
Of course, getting a nice clean gun control bill through any congress is impossible. Between the NRA on one side and the Brady bill types on the other, any bill going through is going to be severely watered down by the other side. That's why we have the mess we have today.