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In reply to the discussion: Why is it that the main objection concerning gun control [View all]kudzu22
(1,273 posts)If you declare that you want to ban some guns but not all guns, then you have to draw a line somewhere and say these guns are legal and those guns are not. It's harder than it sounds. If you want to tell people you just want to get the "death spewers" (not an industry term) off the street, you have to define what one is, and definitions must be precise. If you define it too narrowly, you get an ineffective law (ala 1994 AWB). If you define it too broadly, you piss off a lot of people for banning ordinary guns, and maybe run into a constitutional problem.
The anti-gunners trying to define an assault weapon are even clumsier than the pro-lifers trying to define a partial birth abortion. They don't know what it is but they know they want it BANNED!