Congressman Proposes Banning Assault Weapons

By Tom Knighton

“No one wants to take away your guns.”

How many times have you been in an argument with a gun grabber and they uttered that very phrase? I’m not even talking about a variation of that phrase, I mean those exact words in that exact order. I’ve seen it plenty. Then if you do consider the variations, the number of times I personally have been assured my guns are safe skyrocket.

No one, they continue to claim, wants to take anyone’s guns. They just want to make it harder for bad people to get them, they argue.

Then maybe one of those can explain this op-ed in USA Today from Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat in Congress. It seems his grand plan is to ban assault weapons, institute an Australian-style buyback, then “go after” those who don’t act like good little peasants and comply with the law.

Reinstating the federal assault weapons ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004 would prohibit manufacture and sales, but it would not affect weapons already possessed. This would leave millions of assault weapons in our communities for decades to come.

Instead, we should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms