That Pesky Assault Rifle Ban

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64. The NRA does oppose new gun laws such as another "assault weapons" ban ...

or gun registration. However it doesn't oppose all existing firearm laws and in fact wants to better enforce many.

I feel that the NRA and gun control groups could actually work together to improve existing laws if only those who wish to impose draconian gun control schemes would simply admit that their incremental approach to banning all firearms was impossible to achieve. It would unfortunately take time and might require a President who was willing and capable of the leadership to bring both sides together.

The sad reality is that totally overcoming the gun culture of our nation which has existed since the Revolutionary War is impossible. We will NEVER reduce gun ownership in our nation to levels seen in nation such as Great Britain.

However we can make progress on better controlling firearm ownership and the sale of firearms in our nation. We can combat gun smuggling and straw purchases of firearms that end up available for criminal use in our inner cities.

In order to accomplish these modest but possibly effective goals we will need to force both sides of the issue to a conference table and insist on some compromise. There will be a lot of kicking and screaming from both sides involved but I feel it can be done.