Right to Bear Arms (Split from Firearm Thread)

[CaptainHenreh]

I just really want to know what the exact thinking is behind such bans.

Since I have some time, I'll try to give you a serious answer.

But basically, this was in fact one of the huge criticisms of the '94 AWB. It banned guns based on features, not lethality, concealibility, or rate that they were used in crime (not that any of these are a legitimate metric with which to ban weapons)

The perfect example is the AR-15 vs the Mini-14:

AR-15:


Mini-14:


Now, these two weapons fire the exact same round with identical ballistics. They both feed from detachable magazines of which there are high capacity models available. They are equally lethal in every respect.

The AR-15 was banned, the Mini-14 was not. It is literally that simple. It was ineffectual at reducing crime, and served only to harass law-abiding American citizens and serve the anti-gun agenda.

So, I might have been flippant with my previous answer but I wasn't wrong. There was no logic applied. Guns affected by the '94 AWB were banned because they look scary, or are semi-auto counterparts to modern main battle rifles . Period.