I think that the Volstead Act did that (though maybe not the felony part). We all know how well that worked out.
You know, we may actually end up liking this bill. You see, just as people wilfully violated the Volstead Act and thereby created a large market for "illicit" manufacturers and distributors, so would this proposed bill. And you know, if owning a single-shot .223 handgun is a felony, then you might as well go for broke and buy a full-auto Uzi or a drop-in fun switch for your AR. What're they going to do, put you away for a felony?
Of course, there's also the rule that says "the first one is expensive, the rest are free." This goes for imaginary felonies like owning a gun that some micro-dicked AG proposed, and for actual felonies like (hypothetically speaking, OF COURSE) performing some act of violence against some person who attempted to enforce a clearly unconstitutional law. Methinks that there will be a lot of both. Oh, and the distributors will be those very same Mexican drug gangs that micro-dick purports to be targeting.
I submit that the hypothetical target list will be a larger set, to include also those that proposed and passed such a clearly unconstitutional law, and those that cheered them on.
Hypothetically.
Unfortunately, should this come to pass, such hypothetical thinking implies a target-rich environment... For both sides.
Just what the hell are these people thinking???
I find myself somewhere between anger and disgust most of the time these days.