mtswApr 16, 2023
Democrats would be smart to run on this instead of on inscrutable "enhanced background checks and waiting periods" or whatever. "we will ban the AR-15" is a winning message.
Show threadReay JespersenApr 17, 2023

@mtsw Sincere question: If the AR-15 is banned, wouldn’t some other make and model just become the go-to favourite for mass shootings?

I’m not against that ban, but doing it is dealing with a symptom and not a cause.

Show threadStephen J Kimber
@reay
I'd imagine the ban would automatically extend to rifles with similar capacities?
Apr 17, 2023 at 6:01amWeb
Show threadReay JespersenApr 17, 2023

@InkstainedFingers The problem here is you’re applying logic to the issue. And that has no place in the matter of guns in America.

Snark aside, I sincerely believe that lobbyists and lawyers would literally be arguing that just because THIS gun was banned doesn’t mean THAT one (of the same size and magazine capacity and range and killing speed) is banned.

That’s my whole concern: I think this is about banning a gun, not a gun category.