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The point is that there's no point to ban them as they do nothing to make a semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine more deadly -- if you cannot show cause to ban an item - any item - then you cannot ban it.Then what's the point of having them? Why not ban them since they are dangerous but has no effect on proper use of a rifle?
Banning -any- sort of semi-automatic rifle intrudes on the 2nd amendment.I don't think the IDEA of deciding which guns to ban and which to allow is silly. At the least, it's a well-intentioned idea that cannot be enforced in the real world. At the best, though, it can save lives while not unnecessarily intruding on 2nd Amendment rights.
Never mind that these are exactly the kinds of weapons protected by the 2nd.As with porn, it's hard to define "assault weapon" for legal purposes. Most people don't want the average citizen having a military grade weapon whose sole purpose is to kill humans.
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