Should there be more restrictions on the current process of purchasing a gun?
Doing so would effectively be stripping law-abiding citizens of their second amendment rights which…
Moreover, the Columbine massacre happened smack dab in the middle of the AWB, which did nothing to prevent it. The Clinton AWB was nothing more than a ban on scary-looking weapons, and focused on features that have absolutely nothing to do with a weapon’s effectiveness or lethality. It banned rifles like the AR-15 while allowing essentially identical weapons like the Ruger Mini-14 (which fires the EXACT SAME cartridge as the AR-15, from detachable magazines holding 30 or more rounds, at the EXACT SAME rate of one round per trigger pull).
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I definitely agree that the Clinton ban simply didn't do enough to tangibly solve the problem; it was ultimately, like almost everything Democrats do, more performative than anything. Granted, there was a noticeable drop in mass shootings during the years of the ban, but it obviously didn't do enough. I'm definitely not saying that we should simply copy this ban, nor am I suggesting that a mere ban alone will solve the greater issue, but I am saying that there are absolutely plenty of policies that we should be enacting, yet aren't. To suggest that we do nothing would be the more ridiculous notion.
