Now that that’s done
The WaPo:
Democratic presidential candidates are distancing themselves from tough gun control, reversing a decade of rhetoric and advocacy by the Democratic Party in favor of federal regulation of firearms.
Most Democratic White House hopefuls rarely highlight gun control in their campaigns, and none of the candidates who routinely poll near the top is calling for the licensing of new handgun owners, a central theme of then-Vice President Al Gore’s winning primary campaign in 2000.
Another thing you’ll see soon if you’re not already is the rhetoric of only enforcing the laws on the books, we don’t need more laws. Actually, we need less. In fact, to make me happy, you can fix gun control by doing the following:
Getting rid of the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. If you don’t know why, do a search of this site and you’ll see why.
Getting rid of the Hughes Amendment in the 1986 Gun Control Act. The Hughes amendment says that machine guns made after 1986 can’t be purchased as part of the 1934 NFA procedures. This is stupid because it’s merely a matter of cost. At Gun Craft this weekend, I learned that I can purchase a 1986 H&K MP5 for about $10,000. However, brand new H&K MP5s sell to dealers and police for $1,200. If I want one as a citizen, I have to spend $10K or become a dealer. Again, this is the recurring theme of disarming the poor.
Getting rid of the 1934 NFA $200 tax on SBRs, suppressors, and machine guns; and the $5 AOW tax. Taxing a right is illegal.
Note to the NRA, why don’t you guys do something useful and get right on that.
