Did the Assault Weapons Ban kill gun control?

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49. You obviously believe that responsible and sane gun owners are not horrified by ...

the tragedies that our nation has lived though in recent days. Perhaps that is because they do not believe that that banning certain weapons because they resemble military weapons makes any real sense or will make a significant reduction in gun violence.

But let me assure you that gun owners do not wish to see innocent children die at hand of a madman nor do we wish to see innocent people die in the crossfire between drug gangs fighting over turf. We have many good ideas on how we can improve and better enforce our gun laws but our suggestions are ignored or ridiculed by politicians, gun control organizations and the media.

Instead we hear from politicians and gun control advocates on the media telling us that the solution to the problem is to pass ANOTHER assault weapons ban. Considering that the first one was a total flop, we are not impressed.

Gun owners view the AWB as similar to trying to reduce accidents caused by people who exceed the speed limit by banning Corvettes and Mustangs. Right or wrong, many of us feel that if the AWB passes it will accomplish little and consequently new laws will be proposed to ban all semi-automatic firearms followed by a ban on all handguns.

And of course we tend to become even more entrenched in resisting gun control advocates when we are insulted and called names such as "gun fuckers."