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Would you just ban future sales of new rifles, or would you try to collect guns already owned?

How do you define "assault weapon?" It's not a thing in the gun world.
-- There are "assault rifles" which are automatic rifles ("machine guns") like the M-16, but those are so regulated they are effectively banned and never used in crimes.
-- Then there are rifles that are not assault rifles, like semi-automatic rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever action rifles, and so on. Which of those are "assault weapons" which should be banned, in your opinion? All semi-automatic rifles of any caliber which are commonly used for hunting?

Barring an ability to ban "assault weapons" (since they don't exist), would you ban by caliber (e.g., anything larger than .22LR)?

Or, would you ban by trade name like the last ban attempted to do, so that when the Colt AR-15 was banned, the Colt company just renamed their rifle the Colt Sporter? Playing whackamole on constantly changing trademarks seems an ineffective way to do it (even though I know you guys like to think that you successfully banned the AR-15 before).

Or, would you ban by cosmetic features, in which case the gun manufacturers just change the look and feel of their rifles just enough to get around the law? This too was tried before, and it just became another game of whackamole that the government lost.

What about pistols? Would you ban any of them?

Would you ban any shotguns?

I just hear you say we need a ban every now and then, but I get the impression that you have given very little thought to what you are actually saying. For example, what would you do if people don't want to sell them to the government (most would not). Would you let them keep them?

I think I recall you saying that you just want to ban what they banned in the 90's (some examples of which I gave above...just new sales of some trademarks and cosmetic features). If that is all you want to do, and you are fine with letting people retain the guns they have, then just say so.

If you don't want to answer my questions, we don't have to discuss. I can understand if you don't want to discuss this.