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Please note that while the 1993 Assault Weapons Ban was in effect, Democrats held neither house of Congress, and a minority of governorships and state legislatures.
So, yeah, it's important. And I'm particularly concerned that already, very quietly, Democrats are intruducing permenant and even more restrictive bans against 'assault weapons. I mean, how many times do you have to piss on the electric fence before you say "Gee, maybe I shouldn't do that anymore?"
Nobody is talking about it. It is the elephant in the room.
The NRA's political focus is on the 2nd Amendment, that is why they don't really get involved in the other aspects of the Constitution. And that's okay, we all have our specialties. NOW and the NAACP comes to mind as being focused on other aspects of the Constitution.
Frankly, watching that NRA VP (LaPierre, I think his name is) at the conservative conference over the weekend (same as Coulter) went off on the fictional 'liberal media', which I think is wrong and short-sighted. I'm thinking about writing his a letter. For what it's worth, I'm not nor have I ever been an NRA member.
I'm also a little peeved at the ACLU because they wuss out on this issue as well. So if I want somebody lobbying for ALL of my Constitutional rights, I have to join at least two lobbying groups?
As to the gun-registration issue, my concern about that is really with the fact that it is just one more list the government has on you. And when that information is collected and stored and available, it will be used. Considering the proto-fascist state of our current federal government, I'm not really enthused about the idea, especially since our police forces are chronically overworked and understaffed.
I don't think it really works, ultimately. I think it is a stepping-stone to other things. The people who advocate stringent gun control make a very big deal out of public safety, and seem to often times be fairly shrill on the subject. And nothing seems to be enough to satisfy their attitude.
In the UK they have mandatory gun registration, have completely outlawed all handguns of all types, and banned all self-loading rifles and shotguns. And also to combat crime, they put up 4.2 million public-area surveillience camera, monitored and recorded by the police. And now those same people don't want the police to carry guns, either, because they don't want to encourage an armes race between criminals and the cops. This as the crime rate and homicide rates soar.
I think if we put the effort and money into reducing poverty, or legalized recreational drugs to various extents, would do far more to reduce violent and non-violent crime and homicides than making you register your deer rifle.
By the way, if you really think registering your rifle will help stop crime, I'm sure that your local police will take down the make, model, caliber, and serial number of your gun if you are insistant enough about it.
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