Reply #23: In DC, gun ownership is virtually impossible

[markus]

If you want to buy a pump action 20 ga shotgun for trap shooting, you should expect to wait about 3-4 months for your paper work to process.

Meanwhile, when I lived on 4th St SE, I could occasionally hear what sounded like gun battles.

Again, I'm talking about gun control in general and not specifically the assault weapon bad.

So, let's start there.

Define "assault weapon".

The NRA has successfully brainwashed it's membership that, by this code word, you mean just about any automatically repeating firearm. If that *is* what you mean, then Bush will be the next president of the United States if we make this a big issue. And we part ways.

If you don't view this as an attempt to generally reduce gun ownership, but a real attempt to limit dangerous, militarily derived assault rifles and machine pistols, then lets start out trying to figure out how to get past the NRA propoganda.

P.S.--They'll let just about anybody in here, Bowline.