Reply #57: BANNNNNNNNNNNNNED!!! [View All]

[Irreverend IX]

Bill, you seem to have some difficulty grasping the difference between "rifles" and "machine guns." Let's review...

-Rifles (semiautomatic and manually loaded types) are used in less than 3% of homicides annually. Apart from a couple 9mm pistols, the weapons covered by the AWB are all rifles. The size and expense of rifles make them poor choices for criminals.

-Legally owned, fully automatic firearms (some of which are called machine guns) have only been used twice in crimes to my knowledge since the passage of the 1934 National Firearms Act.

-Machine guns are not BANNNED, they are very strictly controlled. You can still buy one if you can pass an extensive background check and you have several thousand dollars to spend. This puts them outside the reach of most criminals.