Originally Posted by PR_Tom

It's a shame that the assault weapons ban, which included these extended magazine clips, was allowed to expire in 2004. I remember the "lets amend the constitution to ban gay marriage" red herring and the senate opening debate on it. I also remember that on that very day, the assault weapons ban was left to expire since then-president Bush didnt extend it. I also remember with pride that my 2 state senators, Schumer and Clinton, took their turn in the gay marriage debate and instead used the time to illustrate how useless it was to allow an assault weapons ban to expire and made these same points.

You dont hunt with a 9mm handgun with 30 rounds in it. You dont protect your family (as if that was even a true stat) with an ak-47. Collectors already had and still have the loophole of the gunshow to buy and sell those. So why was the ban left to expire? Politics. Idiots and politics.

And now here we go again with politicians wanting to again ban assault weapons and extended magazines. And of course people will fight it and throw money at it. Congress and senate is for sale, get em while they're hot.