"We should immediately restore a modified version of the Assault Weapons Ban that expired in 2004, which included a ban on high capacity magazines. We should pursue one-handgun a month restrictions, which will allow law abiding gun owners to purchase up to a dozen handguns a year, but will significantly hamper gun traffickers due to the mechanics and economics of straw purchasing (having another buy guns on one's behalf)."
No, it won't.
The Bad Guys will only get a larger group of "Good" Bad Guys to buy guns for them, while restricting the acquisition and possessory rights of law-abiding citizens.
Think about a collector who goes to an estate sale and who wishes to buy a large collection. Under this proposed restriction, that option is out the window, not to mention the fact that the receiver in a decedent's estate might well be prohibited from inheriting Daddy's fireams collection because there are too many firearms in it.
Go after the fucking CRIMINALS, not law-abiding, honest citizens!
Ted Kenndey's Oldsmobile killed more people than all of my firearms combined.
The whole "high capacity magazine" thing is a smoke screen. I can fire and reload my S&W 29 using speed loaders just right darn quick and since the 29 only holds six rounds, it would be unaffected by the ban. I can also empty the thing into a six inch target at 50 feet in less than four seconds, speed load and do it again until I run out of ammo.
Know what a Smith & Wesson Model 29 is?
At the time the 29 was produced it was the most powerful handgun in the World and would blow your head clean off.
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And just for fun to irritate the liberals and gear into the stereotype because they'll howl that anyway:
