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If the new AWB gets enacted it will be devistating. It won't expire, at least the way it's currently proposed, either. It bans basically any type of weapon you can imagine and anything to repair or refurbish said weapons. So even though you're "grandfathered in," you'll only have the gun for as long as its original parts last. They will try get the guns out of our hands no matter how, even when there's no evidence that it will solve the problem (And there is in fact evidence to the contrary).
It will create a great illegal arms market though, allowing criminals to run rampant with fully automatic, actual assault weapons that they get from the drug importers who have found a massive new market. The drugs make it in with ease, so will the illegal arms. From what I understand about 5% of cargo ships entering this country are actually searched thoroughly, the goal is to reach 7%. Until this is 100% (Which is never), I fail to see how these laws against citizens rights to protection will take guns from violent thugs and gang members. These weapons will be imported en-masse IMO once there's a huge illegal arms market and a knowledge that no law abiding citizen will have any firepower. Then the majority of illegal arms available will be imports rather than stolen and illegally acquired US weapons. These firearms will probably include plenty of true assault weapons.
I'm not seeing the problem with any of the current firearms laws, it's the way we're handling other things. These laws still don't stop illegal activity even though they state that felons can't purcahse them and already require background checks in many places. At the most, I could see these gun grabbers asking to require background checks for every transfer across the US. That still wont solve it, but I could at least deal with that. Taking away basically all defensive firearms is ridiculous. The 2nd amendment does not say anything about the right to hunt, but somehow these people think that's the only purpose firearms should be able to serve. The worst thing is that many hunters are fine with it as long as it doesn't infringe on their right to hunt. So they can get these idiots to support it, which makes it seem reasonable to someone who doesn't know anything about firearms or the "firearm community." I think, if they get their way, they'll either see what a bad idea it was or hire enough police to turn this place into a nazi like nation. It will go to hell in a handbasket, and quickly at that.
I had a friend (No longer though), who completely changed after I purchased my first firearm. I showed it to him and his mom told me not to point it at her and pull the trigger. :shock: I said, "Um, I would NEVER do something so stupid." Then she started telling me about all of those kids that shoot their friend accidentally, playing around with guns. I was like, "I'm not a child, and this isn't a toy."
Anyway, he said that I had "turned into a gun nut" because I showed him the recently proposed assault weapons ban. He found it perfectly reasonable because "he saw no reason why you would need more than x number of rounds, etc." I said that isn't the point, that the number of rounds in the gun shouldn't matter if you're a law abiding citizen. I pointed out the whole illegal arms dealer thing too, but he just continued to call me a gun nut. He stopped talking to me and everything over it. It was ridiculous.
I really am horrified about what could happen if they get hold of office. I don't understand why the president has so much power these days and why people want it to be as such. It was never supposed to be like this.
