Why are we not banning guns yet?

Here's the problem. Define military grade weapons. Full auto weapons are tightly regulated and any made after 1986 are not available to the general public. Those made before 1986 are ludicrously expensive and come with legal hurdles.

Semi automatic weapons are legal, but plenty of guns I think we could all agree are honest, non-threatening hunting rifles are semi automatic. Do pistol grips and collapsible stocks make a gun military grade? If so, how so? They're used by the military except on some shotguns and sniper rifles and such.

Honestly, the only thing for which I think it's even remotely reasonable to make an argument for is magazines over a certain capacity, but how many rounds are too many? And how do we stop a gunman from modifying those magazines or just carrying more?

I guess when it comes to banning types of firearms, until military grade con be defined, that's not a good metric to use for banning things. The kneejerk reaction to the AR is that it looks like a military rifle, but it does the exact same thing as a Saiga or Mini 14 which is totally legal in all 50 states, Canada, Germany, and many other places. The military grade weapons thing is a red herring.

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