re: #10 MichaelJ

I would like it if the legislation included a clause to repossess all assault rifles purchased in the last 4 1/2 years.

You go ahead and let us know how that works out. I don’t think you’re aware of the magnitude of the numbers. To say nothing of the legal issues…

The only possible way to reduce the numbers of these things in circulation is legal and cultural: reduce demand by increasing barriers to ownership, make storage requirements mandatory, ban componentry outright, and somehow make millions of men examine and question their self-image. Some of these things can be done by mortals, others would require divinity.

This is heresy in the gun-owning world, but I’m perfectly willing to exchange my high-cap mags, buy a heavier-duty safe, go through a psych eval or Law Enforcement screening, register with the gubmint, whatever… But the only way you’re going to get my rifle is to buy it from me, at a fair market price. It was expensive and frankly I’d rather bury it somewhere than turn it over for free.