Originally Posted by PR_Tom

So when someone talks about not allowing the sale of a 30 round ammo clip you're going to say that if a criminal wants one he can get one anyway?

LET the criminal go and find himself a 30 round ammo clip once it's illegal to sell them. LET the criminal go find some assault weapons once it's illegal to sell them. STARVE the beast and the beast eventually DIES. There is not one single person out there laboring under the false belief that a stroke of a pen today will solve all deaths by gun tomorrow. There will be no instant gratification and everybody knows that.


The whole thing about "it didn't work last time" is so ridiculous that it's not worth mentioning beyond stating that because such a statement is unprovable! It's a complete hunk of red meat for people to argue about and waste time on.

By the way, why do you think a ban on large clips and assault weapons is to keep them out of the hands of known criminals? Last I heard, it was to keep them out of the hands of responsible citizens who then go batshit crazy and shoot up schools and movie theaters! What's your idea of a reasonable regulation regarding keeping those things out of the hands of those people who are indistinguishable from your or me or the next guy?