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Originally Posted by PHXLT1
I'm not sure what else they can do about the guns. Other than make it so you have to register with every shooting range you attend ( we all know criminals and psychos will follow the law) and make it so you have to get a second mortgage just to go shooting. I don't know but it bugs me that im looked at by these liberals as a gun crazy nut. I just enjoy shooting.
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Well Highland Park and the state of Connecticut have wide reaching bans on AR platforms, one of which is in the middle of a lawsuit. California and a couple others already banned AR platforms with detachable magazines not requiring the use of a tool, which the bullet button has so far gotten around. CA is currently attempting to make the bullet button illegal as well in order to classify the AR platform as an actual assault weapon to put it on par with machine guns. It also has effectively banned numerous handguns by utilizing this "not unsafe" roster of approved handguns. And they are a model for many other states to follow suit. And to make matters worse, the legislatures are not responsible for determining whether or not a law is Constitutional. They leave that to the courts, which have become politicized as well. All they need is support in their majority.
The main problem is that, even if these bans are found to be unconstitutional, the legal process to get them overturned takes years. There isn't the amount of money or time to fight them all. It doesn't seem so bad when you look at federal legislation, but at the state level some places are becoming absurd. It's only a matter of time before those laws move elsewhere.
I hear you though... I don't like being lumped in as a "gun nut" because I enjoy a hobby that others disapprove of. I also hate that I feel like I have to oppose every new piece of legislation that gets proposed purely on the basis that I don't think it's ever going to be enough for those who don't share my views. I just try to educate as many people as I can and show them we're not all lunatics, and ignore the rest.