Whats the big deal about Assault Weapons, anyway?
OK, here’s the problem. You want a detachable magazine on your semi-auto deer rifle, no problem. But once you put a pistol grip on it for spraying bullets from the hip, I have a problem with that. Take your pick: A detachable magazine or a pistol grip. That’s your only choice. No more of this garbage about how legitimate hunting guns are going to be illegal when we ban AR-15 type weapons from civilian use. The NRA sabotaged the Assault Weapons Ban when it was passed a decade ago by pushing through a definition that included too many options. As a result, it was too easy to get around the ban and as a result, there were problems with that bill actually getting assault rifles off the street (although it did do a good job of getting assault pistols off the market). Now, of course, the NRA crows that the original AWB was ineffective even though they were themselves instrumental in making the bill ineffective in the first place. I still don’t know how they live with themselves for doing thi
