[wildmusings]

The more that you know about guns, the stupider the proposals sound. Take the expired Assault Weapons Ban that people keep trying to bring back. Almost all gun murders are carried out with handguns and there's no evidence that the ban, while active, had any positive effects. "Assault weapons" sure sound scary though. The same goes for bans on high capacity magazines and high caliber guns, mandates for gun locks and safes, etc. This stuff is 100% political pandering and demagoguery, not serious policy making.

As for Obama the constitutional law professor, I think actions speak louder than words. When he can't get what he wants from Congress, he's had no problem twisting the meaning of existing law to legislate from the White House.

[HoHoHoNowIHaveA]

Assault weapons hold a symbolic value and are key terrain in the moral battlefield.

The weapon itself represents the worst attitudes of the pro-gun lobby and form the crux of the argument about reasonable firearm protection.

[wildmusings]

Please keep your symbolism away from my rights.