The FBI estimates there are over 200 million privately owned semi-automatic firearms in the United States. Now if semi-auto guns were banned over 200 million firearms would have to be taken away. This is unquestionably not possible. If by some way the government found away to collect the firearms, what would be done with them? I whole-heartedly believe semi-automatic weapons should not be, and in reality cannot be effectively banned.
Many people that have semi-auto firearms compete in competitions. My dad is a participant in these competitions as well. With every sport there are professionals in that sport. This means that if the firearms are taken away, you are also taking away livelihoods. Suppose your job is a shopkeeper a local gun store, how would you feel knowing much of your stock would be taken away because of a semi-auto gun ban? Now I think I speak for everyone when I say that I would be furious at the fact that my business is virtually being taken away.
A large reason my opposition wants semi-auto weapons to be banned is because they are commonly used in crimes. Now many “bad guys” get their weapons illegally anyway and have undocumented firearms. The United States would have no way of collecting these undocumented firearms, effectively disarming the responsible users of said firearms. This leaves innocent people defenseless against any “bad guy.” Not only are guns used defensively against other armed humans.
Because many people already have semi-auto weapons, it is not practical to remove 200 million firearms from the American people. It is a sport, so, this ban would ruin many people lives. Since a large amount “bad guys” get the guns illegally anyway, it is virtually making the public defenseless. Therefore, I do not, and will not ever support the banning of semi-automatic firearms for public use.
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