Reply #49: A ban on assault weapons is an incremental step to banning other firearms ...

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Those who oppose firearms realize that there is absolutely no way that they can ban handguns at this time but they may be able to convince people that there is little reason to own a "black rifle" or a semi-auto pistol with a magazine that holds more than 10 rounds.

Of course, in order to accomplish this they have to portray semi-automatic rifles as fully automatic assault weapons and by this distortion convince people who have little or no knowledge about firearms that these weapons can be purchased by the average citizen at their local gun store for a very low price.

The problem that they face is that more and more people are becoming familiar with basic information about firearms and refuse to buy into the falsehoods put forth by the groups who oppose firearms. People hate being lied to and treated as if they they are unintelligent. The basic knowledge about firearms is not rocket science.