@farmerman,
Quote:The latest Quinnapiac found that Amricans are solidly for stronger rules
Most of them don't have an understanding of the current gun laws, they only know what the media tells them. So saying you support stronger gun laws without understanding the current gun laws is a misleading question. Your examples below are the perfect example.
Quote:background checks better to stop gunshow loophols
The gun show loop hole is a myth. There is no such thing, all tables selling guns have to have an FFL and are required to run Federal Background checks. You will have to find Federal law that says this isn't true.
These are already illegal under Federal and State law. The failure is in prosecuting such crimes and allowing plea deals on lighter sentences.
Quote: do away with any comn=binations to deliver lots f bullets at fast rates of fire(large cap clips and )
So do away with all semi-auto guns to include long guns and hand guns.
Quote:I say to stop advertising these weapons as "hunting tools. They arent accurate for long range shots and they are more for short range but not set for small game.
You are only partially correct in some of this. They are indeed hunting tools, it depends on the game you are hunting. Coyotes and wild hog, which are pests in the area's they live, are perfect game for the average AR-15 as .223 and 5.56 are good rounds for those types of animals. When you say small game, do you mean rabbits and squirrels? That also isn't true, you can have the AR chambered for .22 LR which is perfect for small game. The AR platform is very versatile.
The average off the shelf AR isn't perfect for long range shots but they can be modified with longer barrels and even larger caliber rounds. The problem with long range and the AR isn't the AR platform, it's the round you use. You can have an AR chambered for .308, which can be used for larger game like elk and also reach further distances.
The city of Boulder has proposed some gun laws you would like to include gun registration. According to their wants, the AR-15 would be banned but the Ruger Ranch Rifle would be allowed, why do you think that is?
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31772132/boulder-weighing-measure-ban-sale-possession-assault-weapons
Quote:• All semiautomatic rifles that have the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and that have any of the following characteristics: a pistol grip or thumbhole stock; a folding or telescoping stock; or any protruding grip or other device to allow the weapon to be stabilized with the non-trigger hand.
• All semi-automatic center-fire pistols that have any of the following characteristics: the capacity to accept a magazine other than in the pistol grip or any device to allow the weapon to be stabilized with the non-trigger hand.
• Any firearm which has been modified to be operable as an assault weapon as defined by the city, plus any part or combination or parts designed to convert a firearm into an assault weapon
Quote:Those who possess items subject to the drafted version of the law — assuming the council follows through on its apparent intent to pass a ban in some form, the final version could look quite different — would have to register their weapons with the Boulder Police Department.
Anyone found in violation of that would be first "educated and informed" by police, and then potentially would face up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine if they fail to come into compliance.
The proposed April 1 effective date presents a curious enforcement challenge for the city, because what's to stop someone who buys a banned weapon after April 2 from telling police the weapon was purchased before the law's effective date?
"I don't know," Carr said. "It could be that you might have them show receipts ... or you might have people sign an affidavit under threat of perjury, but we have not worked out the registration system yet."
There would be no registration system for bump stocks and banned magazines, though; as Carr's written it, those items would be outright banned and have to simply be handed over.
This is The People's Republic of Boulder of you.