Perfect Gun Legislation

Critics of the assault weapon ban point to a particular weapon and in doing so claim the legislation is defective.  This may come as a surprise, but there has never been perfect legislation nor will there ever be perfect legislation.  That is why the Founding Fathers created teh Supreme Court, to intrepret legislation that contains imperfections.  The one so-called fact that critics continually harp on is actually false, however.  There is nothing in the new (or old) legislation banning military style firearms that could be interpreted as the government confiscation anyone’s weapon. Under both the 1994 law and the currently proposed one, the government would not have the authority to take away guns people already legally own. The ban would only apply to specific firearms manufactured and sold after the law is enacted.  So-called “assault weapons” and large capacity magazines already in people’s possession would not be illegal (although they really have no useful reason for being allowed).  Regardless of the law, one can assume that gun manufacturers will work hard to “game” the system and try to find a way to develop a firearm with “assault” characteristics that is not on the banned list.  The gun manufacturers would do this for one reason...to sell more guns.  Like any legislation presently on the books, it will be the responsibility of Congress to keep ahead of the gun manufacturers and amend legislation to prevent such acts.  The best way to protect gun owners from worrying about losing their guns would be to enact legislation that would guarantee protection from confiscation for any gun owner who voluntarily submits to acquiring a license to own a gun and who also voluntarily registers all of his or her firearms.  A law that would state that no local, state, or federal government agency may take into possession a legally registered firearm from a legally licensed gun owner.  The only argument left for the NRA is that any gun legislation is not perfect and will not stop any and all eventualities.