I recently sent an email in which I strongly disagreed with the government's ongoing program to disarm the American people. Today I got an email, one which in olden times would be called a form letter, from the Kenyan. If anyone wants to read it all I can post it but I just took a part of it that I took strong exception to and responded (not that I think the Kenyan will ever see it). For whatever it's worth, here is it.
"Second, Congress should renew the 10-round limit on magazines and reinstate and strengthen the assault weapons ban. We should get tougher on those who buy guns with the purpose of selling them to criminals, and we should impose serious punishments on anyone who helps them do this..."
Congress should do no such thing! It is not your business or that of any number of Congressmen/women how many rounds people have in their magazines. Any that is suitable for the military is suitable for the citizens. Despite what the government would like for people to believe, the right to keep and bear arms has little, if anything, to do with duck hunting or any hunting. The founders wanted to be sure that people had another check against a government grown drunk with its own power which seems to be the case now.
As for the idea of getting tougher on those who buy guns with the purpose of selling them to criminals and imposing serious penalties on anyone who helps them do this, I think that is a splendid idea. And the place to start would be with the government agents/officials who participated in that gun running scheme known as Fast and Furious. I have yet to hear of any indictments in that fiasco but then I know the purpose behind it was to get people to ask government to infringe even further on our rights.
Finally, if you are serious about getting these "assault weapons" off the streets why not make the White House a gun-free zone? You have been quoted as saying that "guns don't protect us" yet you and your family are surrounded by government agents carrying not just semi autos, which you would like to deny to average Americans, but full autos, weapons average Americans can't even own without jumping through a lot of hoops. You and Joe Biden could "put your money where your mouth is" (so to speak) by disarming all the agents who are guarding you and your families.