[rwfromkansas]

While I am not thrilled with this, Bush supported it in the campaign an Bush is a man of his word.

I don't worry much about the assault weapons ban; it is when they get into other things that I get concerned.

[templar]

... it is when they get into other things that I get concerned.

What other things?

[ought-six]

"I don't worry much about the assault weapons ban; it is when they get into other things that I get concerned."

Then you better get concerned. Because they are all over the page with a definition of "assault weapon," and they are trying mightily to classify ALL semi-automatic firearms as "assault weapons." True assault weapons have been banned since the 1930s, because true assault weapons have the capacity to fire an full automatic (like a machine gun: rounds fire as long as the trigger is depressed). Here is Illinois, King Richard II is behind a bill that is now before the Illinois Gernal Assembly to ban ALL sem-automatic firearms (and pump-action rifles and shotguns) of whatever caliber, make or model. Thus, pipsqueak .25 pistols and Marlin 60 .22 rifles would be banned along with Mini 14s, Remington 7400s, AR15s, etc. The King Richard bill would also ban anything of .50 caliber or greater, again of whatever make or model, thus knocking making illegal virtually all shotguns, even single shot smoothbores.

[honeygrl]

why do so many here seem to want assault weapons anyway? aren't pistols and rifles enough? How does the law define assault weapon? Is it too broad or something?

[sheltonmac]

"I don't worry much about the assault weapons ban; it is when they get into other things that I get concerned."

Tyranny has to start somewhere. If most Americans don't worry much about the ban on "assault" weapons, then it's that much easier to ban something else.