Just got home from a concealed weapons permit class for UT, longtime friend was the instructor and 28 vet of local law enforcement. He is also the PIO (Public Information Officer) so he is the front line with the media.
His father was an HK dealer selling to law enforcement agencies on the west coast and still is a Class III dealer operating a indoor range and gun store.
He made a very interesting point in the class regarding the assault weapons and magazine capacity issues: "Roughly 80% of the 1000 firearms felonies committed each day in the US are committed by felons in possession of firearms. MAKE the crime punishable by life imprisonment and in two years you will have removed a substantial number of illegal weapons and criminals from society. Why go after a weapon category that is responsible for 1% of the felonies committed in the US.
Word travels fast in the underground and gang banger world and they'll learn to use alternative weapons to firearms putting them at a disadvantage to the law abiding armed citizen."
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