[Born Conservative]

I look at the assault weapons ban kind of like the teacher you had in grade school who, after getting hit in the back of the head with a spit ball, made the entire class stay after school.

The AWB isn't about punishing the "entire class"; rather, it's an attempt to incrementally make ALL firearms illegal (but it probably won't work out the way Feinstein and her gang had planned; hopefully, it will sunset). Banning a weapon based on it's looks is just plain stoopid.

[fourdeuce82d]

When it comes down to it, I guess I fall on the side of the responsible gun owners, and in the meantime I will do my best to lock up the gun-carrying criminals.

Fair enough.

[TERMINATTOR]

"That program (Project "Safe" Neighborhoods) is designed to go after the criminal gun owners use and possession of firearms, mostly felons people in possession of weapons and people with drugs and guns, and lock them up in federal prison. We have had some success with that program in targeting the illegal use of firearms." - Chief "Meathead" Mehlin

[NRA2BFree]

There are no clear-cut solutions to this debate. This is why we have elected legislators, to determine and carry out the will of the people.

I disagree! Our legislators have proved that they can't be trusted.

[Atlas Sneezed]

This kind of mealy mouthed statist pap is much more dangerous than the overtly gun grabbing fascists.

[LaraCroft]

Sounds like this guy is in training to be a politician. 4 paragraphs without ever managing to make a concise statement.

He wants to not support it, but freedom be damned, what if one of his officers gets hurt by one? Maybe he'll be in favor of banning cars next, or at least a study to see if it will save lives.

Dang, will someone please bring back the men in this world?

[School of Rational Thought]

After lucidly explaining the arguments he ends with an emotional issues that appears to carry as much weight as the overwhelming logical points.

I think it is the lack of control over situations that compels people to "lash out" and do something, just anything, rational or not, just to do something.