A very simple poll on gun control.

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71. Most of my firearms are revolvers. ...

although I do own a couple of .22 caliber target pistols which hold ten rounds in their magazines and a couple of Colt .45 autos which which have a magazine capacity of less than 10 rounds. I also own a bolt action Swedish Mauser and a 12 guage coach gun. My personal carry revolver holds 5 rounds.

I seriously doubt that any laws that pass will have any effect on my gun collection.

I do not believe that my .22 caliber pistols which are designed for competitive target shooting or my Colt .45 autos, one of which is designed for target shooting, will be endangered by any future law that might be passed in the next two years.

But I am looking for legislation that might actually reduce gun violence or mass murder. You can continue to dream and overreach if you choose but the reality is that the laws you suggest will never pass in the House of Representatives as currently exists.

Still I will admit that there is a chance that a ban on the manufacture of new magazines that have a capacity of more than 10 rounds might pass. Unfortunately this will merely be a "feel good" law. An inexperienced person can swap a magazine in two or three seconds and one who practices can swap one in under a second.

I seriously doubt that any law requiring the confiscation of existing magazines that hold more than 10 rounds would ever pass and if it did many gun owners would refuse to turn them in even if there was severe penalties if caught owning one. Since they are unregistered it would be impossible to know who owned them.

The truly tragic part is that if the Democratic Party pushes for such measures they definitely will cause many pro-gun Democrats to leave the party and vote for Republicans in the future at local and national elections. We might even find ourselves with another Bush the Junior becoming the President in the next Presidential election.

I feel it is unwise to alienate the 80 million gun owners in our nation and many members of their families who are of voting age. Much of the progress that our Democratic Party has been able to achieve and our plans for the future might be lost.

But you have a right for your own opinion and I might be wrong. Still you have to be aware that currently only 4.5 million of the 80 million gun owners belong to the NRA but reports are that the membership of this organization is groaning at 8000 a day! If you feel the NRA is powerful today imagine how strong it would be if it doubled or tripled its membership.

Buy proposing the ideas you suggest you are poking a stick into a hornets' nest.