@BlueWaveSurfer@universeodon.com Problem is assault rifles are already banned. (Well, mostly. But banned enough that legal ones generally aren't a problem. And oddly only since 1986.)

Some people focus on banning "assault weapons" (not "assault rifles") which is also a pointless effort: you can get a non-"assault weapon" rifle that is pretty much just as deadly as an "assault weapon" rifle, just without flash suppressors or pistol grips or whatever other pointless feature the "assault weapon" ban targets. (See California's rules, or the expired federal assault-weapon ban (FAWB), etc.)

I'm honestly not trying to troll, it just seems off to me that this type of ban is dominating the policy discussion, when it is obviously so pointless.