I would like anyone who either advocates - or is even “considering” - a ban on an entire class of weapons (which ban, BTW, is directly contrary to the “Heller” decision) to answer this question:
“Why should the rights of tens of millions, of law-abiding citizens who have done nothing wrong be subject to infringement because of the actions of a very few evil and/or insane people?”
I might add that there is a SPECIFIC prohibition on infringing the right to keep and bear “arms” - and “arms” in the Revolutionary period and through at least the War of 1812 included crew-served cannon.
My bottom line is this: no matter the legalities, my answer and the answer of MILLIONS of other gun owners to any request or demand to surrender their arms is: “NO! Your move.”
I would anticipate that any legislation passed in the near future would grandfather such weapons, as the 1994 AWB did.
Someone said above grandfathers can keep them.