With the Supreme Court ruling on the "individual right"
That is going to take a lot of wind out of their sails. Unfortunately, not all. What the argument is going to be as about what guns are "suitable", and which are not. And with the language in the Court's ruling about "in common use", again, a lot of their arguments have been "shot down".
Military style firearms are often found in the caches of drug dealers, but they are seldom actually used in crimes. Druggies keep them for intimidation against other dealers, and almost never use them against the police. They know if they shoot it out with the cops they are going away for a long time, where if they just surrender, they lose their drugs and guns, but get back on the street much faster. Military style rifles are used in less than 1% of crimes. Back in 94 the banners even admitted this, but said their ban was a necessary "first step". The 9/11 attack (done with no guns at all!) also took a lot of the push away from the gun banners. These are the things the Dems (and all politicians) need to be reminded of, when these bull...pardon me, bills come up for votes. Also they need reminded of what else happened in 94, as a result of the AWB, we voted them OUT!
Look for smart folks to push the AR as a "homeland defense rifle" or something similar. Also the simple fact that when the 94 AWB expired in 04, the country didn't explode in "assault weapon violence". Remind your politicians that not only is an AWB something that we don't need (and doesn't work), but the only real effect of such a bill is to seriously upset a lot of voters who would otherwise support them for re-election.
The only place is the USA where "assault weapons" are constantly used in crimes is on the movie and TV screen! Why don't they pass a law against that! Oops, sorry, we have a Constiutional right to free speech. Can't do that. Wake up congressman, we have a Contsitution right to keep and bear arms too!
