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White House Floats Gun Control Proposals

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McSpiff1/06/2013 7:18:36 pm PST

re: #68 Targetpractice

Well actually yes, it would make an easier case for the banning or at least strict enforcement of such weapons if they were a driving force in gun crimes. Like I said about the Thompson, what drove efforts to get them off the streets was that they were a weapon of choice for organized crime of the era. Semiauto rifles are not and trying to paint them as such would make the NRA’s case that this is about demonizing a class of weapons that’s owned without incident by millions of Americans.

Sure, but the NFA isn’t purely tied to organized crime like RICO for example. The NFA could be extended today to cover things like AR-15s. If you think the only argument against this is ‘they aren’t widely used for organized crime’ you’ll be arguing against a strawman..