Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[David Horn]

(03-05-2018, 08:17 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(03-05-2018, 04:36 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't think it's that difficult to define a gun that should be outlawed as an "assault weapon." Specific models should not be outlawed, and looks don't matter. A standard of how fast it fires, combined with whether it can use an extra magazine of ammunition, can be determined. The magazines can be outlawed too, along with bump stocks. Age limits for buying guns can be passed too. I think it's a question, therefore, of political decision, rather than difficulty in defining a "semi-automatic."

I disagree with the idea of banning model numbers.  These can be changed faster than a prohibitionist can pass laws.

And, of course, it is illegal to infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms.  The inability to reach a supermajority makes the whole thing mute.

Scalia even demurred on banning limits, but I agree. Banning by model number is an exercise in futility.  As Eric noted, define the features that make the weapon unacceptable.  Removable magazines, fixed magazines with more than 7 or 8 rounds per loading, and a rifling twist that leaves the rounds unstable on impact are the ones that bother me the most.  556 ammo is not radically different from the 220 swift, so that seems to be in-bounds