Democracy Works
The good people of very Red Kansas just voted to keep abortion legal. Going with the 10th Amendment that power comes from the States unless specifically stated in US Constitution, every State should vote on abortion and having another vote on making semi-automatic/automatic weapons legal in their respective States.
There is nothing in the 2nd Amendment on semi-automatic/automatic weapons being legal.
Democracy works. I attached an article that says a majority want abortion to kept legal.
I am a gun guy… I own three semi-automatic rifles, a shotgun for home defense, a skeet shooting gun, and a pistol.
semi-automatics should be a privilege and not a right. We already say you can’t own a tactical nuke. There are accepted limits to 2A and we need to apply them to modern times. Many states ban automatic weapons for civilian use.
a rancher in Montana who needs a 12 guage in hand to keep the predators away certainly needs to be able to buy one asap.
a semi-auto? Not so much….
I live in New Jersey, or as my conservative friends call it, the peoples republic of NJ… it is relatively strict about gun laws.
for me to get a “long gun license”, I had to go through a background check, get finger printed, etc. It allows me to buy any long gun as often as I want. (Handguns work different).
I went to my local gun dealer (attached to the shooting range) to buy a .22 version of my pistol (cheaper to range shoot). They were out of stock.
I was furious… I said “f it” and impulse purchased a kriss vector 9mm carbine. If you’re not familiar, google it.
from the time I said “I want”, to the time I was shooting at the range next door? 27 minutes.
it shouldn’t be that easy to buy a semi-automatic. Even if I did have a background check a few years earlier, and my motives were pure, I shouldn’t have any need, and nor does anyone else, to get that gun faster than a pizza. A 6 week waiting period for emotions to cool and a proper background check isn’t irrational.
my solution is we have multiple tiers of firearms:
1) banned— weapons of war like tanks, rocket launchers etc.
2) banned except for commercial use like shooting ranges—- automatics; 50 cal sniper rifles, etc. (things that don’t pass the smell test for “this makes sense to own”)
3) priveleges—- anything that is semiautomatic. If it can go bang without reloading or any time consuming human input, it’s a privilege not a right. Extra background checks, long wait period, etc.
4) rights: shotguns, lever actions, bolt actions etc.