Gun Safety

In the guise of "gun safety," the president is attempting to bypass the legislative branch of government and the Constitution. Can you tell I'm an angry gun owner? As I tell my class, you can have any opinion you want as long as you are educated about the opinion.

Here's why I believe the "assault weapons" ban is a politically motivated and unhelpful idea:

http://www.assaultweapon.info

This is a semi-long, but extremely informative presentation regarding the ban. If you don't want to check it out, here's my highlights.

1. "Assault weapon" isn't an actual category of gun. It was created by politicians and is mainly based on cosmetic reasons, basically, does it look like a military gun?
2. Fully automatic weapons (ones that fire more than one bullet each time you pull the trigger) have already been banned since Reagan was president.
3. Semi-automatice weapons (ones that fire one bullet each time you pull the trigger) include almost all handguns and many rifles and shotguns. Technically, many BB guns are semi-automatics.
4. Since it would be politically impossible to ban all semi-automatic guns, the "assault weapon" was created.
5. The "ban" doesn't actually get rid of "assault weapons." It only stops the sale and manufacture of NEW "assault weapons." So all the ones in existence today aren't going anywhere. 

It is a total clique but the only thing that happens when we outlaw guns is that outlaws will be the only ones with guns. There are already laws against murder (not even mentioning the ingrain human abhorrence of the act). There are already laws against theft (which is where many guns used in crimes are acquired). Do not take away my rights, as a law abiding citizen of the United States of America, in a politically motivated attempt to stop crime.