R.I.P. Scout26
Setting aside the 2A issue for a second, am I missing something? Where is there $15 billion laying around in the Federal budget for something like this? Or is this just another example of a federal legislator throwing around dollars like confetti.
He proposes paying $1,000 for each weapon, which he estimated would cost $15 billion.
The flip side is the folks with several $2k-$3k Daniel defense AR's, SCARS, AUGs and the like would be mad as hell, and probably a little sue happy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dem-congressman-force-gun-owners-sell-assault-weapons-n871066Democrat congressman from (gasp!) California writes OpEd calling for not another version of an AWB, but a mandated buyback, followed by criminalization of possession. In other words, he's pushing the Australian model. He proposes paying $1,000 for each weapon, which he estimated would cost $15 billion. After the buyback, possession of a prohibited weapon would be a federal crime.Setting aside the 2A issue for a second, am I missing something? Where is there $15 billion laying around in the Federal budget for something like this? Or is this just another example of a federal legislator throwing around dollars like confetti.
So this guy was interviewed by NBC. If it wasn't another shining example of these idiots wanting to ban things they have zero understanding of, it would be comical:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/questions-answers-lawmaker-who-wants-your-assault-weapons-n871531Best line: Because he's a prosecutor, he's an expert and knows for a fact that the pistol grip is what makes the "assault weapon" so deadly compared to any other gun.
Yawn. Weinstein said essentially the same decades ago, just acknowledged the political impossibility. The desire and intent was there. Anyone shocked by this is a heavy sleeper.
"I don't accept the premise that assault weapons are covered by the Second Amendment."
