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I've got bad news for the GOP and the NRA. We are already violating the right of the people to keep and bear arms. If you live near an airport, try buying a Stinger missile. Or if you are Donald Trump, don't plan on being allowed to buy a nuclear missile if you lose the election. Both missiles qualify as "arms."
Everyone agrees these are common sense limits.
My next example of a "violation" of the Second Amendment is really embarrassing. Waterfowl hunters are required to modify their shotguns so that the magazine is limited to two shells, presumably to limit duck kills. I find it ironic that we can limit the magazine of a gun designed to kill ducks but have no limit on guns designed to kill people.
Assault weapons are commonly used for the rapid killing of people. If we can protect ducks, why not people who are so frequently our children?
Will Finlayson
Draper