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Originally Posted by Cathy H
begin by re-instating the national law to stop selling automatic military rifles to anyone; then offer buy-back for assualt-type rifles now out there (like they did in Australia); stop all gun-show sales that do not do back-ground checks; strengthen the background check system for all gun purchases; do not allow ownership of multiple guns; introduce new gun safety technology in gun manufacture. 32000 americans die from gunshots every year. your cheap shot at our President was not appreciated.
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First automatic weapons are not being sold to the general public. Although it is possible to buy a fully automatic weapon, you first acquire a special license from ATF, then the cheapest automatic weapon I saw was about $20K. There is nothing special about an assault style weapon. To limit the number of guns, to limit the style of a weapon when it is common use is already been adjudicated by the SCOTUS as prohibited by the constitution's 2nd Amendment. The only things you mentioned that are a possibility is to strengthen background checks and maybe, and that's a big maybe, require background checks on all sales. Which in this case and all of the others would have stopped nothing. An Australia style gun grap in the US would be unconstitutional.