So according to Del Levine, all rifles that are fired from the shoulder are NOT assault weapons, while those fired only from the hip are assault weapons. He is on the record here. I'm OK with that ban. Take all those assault weapons and leave us our shoulder-fired stuff.
I'm hearing the same thing from my lobbyist buddy - 4 Dem Senators are against outlawing possession of semi autos. 4 may not sound like much, but we only have 40 Senators and Dems hold 21 of those. So 4 is 20% of their ranks. And remember, the Dems have 10 or so Senators from the 'commie/nazi' counties (Arlington, Fairfax, Loundon, Alexandria) and these folks will vote for outlawing possession of ANY firearm, not just semis. This means there are really only 10 or so Dem Senators that we can hope to influence - so 4 is not a bad amount of this group.
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@Vamike9 we need to keep up the pressure. We are going to get some new gun control, but let's not cave now and get a bunch of REALLY bad laws.