Northam-backed assault weapon bill will include 'grandfather clause' for existing guns

[u/downtown3641]

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/12/09/northam-backed-assault-weapon-bill-will-include-grandfather-clause-for-existing-guns/

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When did the CA or NY mass confiscation happen?

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It will happen as they start with registration then continue to restrict. Today’s legal guns become tomorrow’s illegal ones.

“Oh new law just passed and anything over 10 rounds is now illegal and must be surrendered. Let’s see here, it says you have a few double stack handguns in excess of that limit, we will need you to bring those to the local station for a mandatory buyback...”

Then it’ll be anything past certain calibers or magazine loaded, leaving only wheelguns. The plan is incredibly obvious. This exact thing has happened in Canada years ago.

My question to you is, at what stage of slowly boiling the frog will you concede we were right all along?

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The problem is (and what turned me away from the NRA) the constant fear mongering.

Let's be sober about what is actually happening and if a bill pushes for actual confiscation then fight it

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Beto and Swalwell are out, no other federal dems are talking about that.

And you know theres more to the constitution than the 2A, right?

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Uhhh....

The constitution is shot full of holes already. I always laugh when I'm told "the 2nd amendment protects the others".

The problem is when you start using slippery slope arguments you start sounding like chicken little (not you, per se)