Assault Weapons Ban

An anonymous reader writes "With all the Constitutional arguments that appear on /., perhaps some readers might be interested in this BBC Article about the expiration of the Clinton assault weapons ban. Both presidential candidates have spoken in favor of it, but no one is willing to vote to keep it."

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A law for soccer moms.....

[Nagatzhul]

Of course no one will touch renewing this law. It was a law for soccer moms and for gun control advocates who wanted a foot in the door to confiscating and banning all guns. None of the gun laws we have on the books are Constitutional. And if any of them ever got tried in the Supreme Court, they would be blotted off the books.

This was one of the worst laws because it robbed people of the full functionality of a class of weapon specifically protected by the Second Amendment, did nothing to affect crime, unreasonably increased costs to manufacturers, and it left the option open for greater encroachment upon our rights.

As Patrick Henry said, "The great object is that every man be armed." You can't be a good American unless you choose to arm yourself. The Second Amendment is the cornerstone upon which all our other rights rest.