Sen. Schumer says there should be ‘reasonable limits’ on the Second Amendment

[Atypical Liberal]

27. This was actually much tamer than I expected.

Most of what Schumer said is already law.

He said there should be reasonable restrictions such as felons, the mentally infirm, and spouse abusers should not be able to own guns.

This is generally already true.

I was heartened to hear him admit that 75% of convicted felons had previous felonies. This supports the fact reported elsewhere that most people who commit homicide have extensive prior criminal records. Most homicides are not some lawful gun owner who just snaps.

I was pleased to hear of his acceptance of the second amendment and the recent Supreme Court cases that upheld it.

I was pleased to hear his denouncing those who seek broad protections from the other amendments but narrow ones for the second.

Most of what he said was[/] reasonable.

But I was annoyed (though not surprised) to see the usual mantra that, "Democrats are not out to get your guns, we aren't after the hunting rifle that Uncle Tommy gave you when you were 13 years old."

This goes to the point that many anti-gunners have this myopic idea that the second amendment is about hunting.

It is not.

The second amendment is about keeping military-grade small arms appropriate for military use in the hands of the people. The modern civilian weapon most appropriate to this goal is not the hunting rifle you got from Uncle Tommy when you were 13, but an AR15 or AK-47 variant.