Pacifists will say, "get rid of all guns of all types."
Hunters, and hobbyists and regular folks who want to have a gun will say, "I want to have a gun." I'm not a "gun nut."
There is a second amendment and it's one of the checks and balances.
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But can we collect data about guns? It's my understanding that CDC studies about gun violence were quashed.
Push a bill that simply says, "We want to collect data about guns." That shouldn't be controversial.
Was there a decrease in gun violence on the Mexican border during the assault weapons ban? Were there fewer mass shootings?
Did they increase when it expired? We have no idea.
Allow the data to be collected. What elected official will say, "no?"
Do it now. Let the data be collected. The ban on collecting information is the worst part of what the NRA has done.
Yes, we can also discuss assault weapons, but the lack of data is embarrassing. And what elected official can stand in the way of collecting data now?