I agree with Tom; the sniper problem is going to hurt us. Part of the reason I moved from the UK to the US was the freedom to shoot; how long will that continue ?
It'll be interesting to see what type of rifle the murderer is using. I saw police brandishing an AR15 style rifle on the TV but haven't seen that confirmed. It would be ironic if it turned out to be a non 'assault' type weapon; they'll still push for the ban of everything else.
Right now I beleive the gun control lobby in the US are hesitant to go after 'hunting' style rifles as the general public would reject that strongly, hence the divide and conquer approach; ten round mags, Saturday night specials, assault rifles etc.
American freedom may suffer death death by a thousand cuts.
The one difference here is that tracking gun ownership is far more difficult than it was in the UK; should a ban on handguns ever happen the pool of 'illegal' weapons then created will be staggering.
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