The Reality Of Rounding Up ‘Assault Weapons’

By Tom Knighton

It’s easy for politicians to make grand statements and give ambitious ideas, particularly during campaigns, but they rarely ponder the actual implications of how in the hell to make their proposals become a reality.

Sometimes it works. Perhaps the best example was JFK’s declaration that we would walk on the moon.

Most of the time, though, it doesn’t. Mostly because the statements sound good to a politicians base of supporters but rarely have any relationship to reality.

Take, for example, Beto O’Rourke’s call for taking AR-15s and AK-47s off the streets forever. The Associated Press decided to explore how difficult it would be to take the guns.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s recent vow to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States?

The number of AR-15 and AK-47s in the U.S. is estimated at a staggering 16 million, creating logistical challenges to take them out of circulation. Many gun owners are also unwilling to turn over the weapons, and if the government offered to buy them all back at face value, the price tag could easily run into the billions …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms