Do u think assault rifles be banned here in the US ?

This debate goes on endlessly. Assault rifles manufactured after May 1986 are banned. Those manufactured prior to that date are heavily restricted. The firearms you are addressing do not have select fire capabilities. They are semi-automatic, and most people know this. And most firearms owned are semi-auto.

What is it about an AR-15 that makes it more lethal than any other semi-automatic firearm? Hint: it's not.

The truth is we are really talking about cattle-pen style shootings. A monster with a firearm going into what is most likely a gun free zone, that is crowded and where escape is limited. The Virginia Tech shooter used a Glock 9mm handgun and 10 round magazines. The Columbine shooter used an assault weapons ban compliant Highpoint 995...wood stock rifle with 10 round magazines. Magazine swaps take 2-3 seconds. None of this limits the carnage.

If anyone truly believes that banning semi-automatic rifles based on how they look or that limiting magazine capacities will somehow stop cattle-pen shootings, or miraculously reduce casualities, you are kidding yourself.

If you told me you wanted to ban all semi-automatics, that would be a little more logical, though there is little chance it would happen. Not without a fight in the SCOTUS, and given precident set in both Miller and McDonald.

As one person commented, we had an AWB before. That is true. It ran from 1994-2004. The result? No measurable affect on gun violence. In fact, after the AWB lapsed in 2004, gun violence continued to decline. Why would we reimplement a failed policy?

It's pretty basic. The people who hate guns are insisting that others shouldn't have them either. It's ironically similar to the abortion debate. There are those who hate abortions and want to dictate that others can't have them. And those who want abortion to remain legal say that no one has the right to tell a woman what she can and cannot do to her body.

Gun owners do not need to justify ownership. The SCOTUS has decided that firearm ownership is protected for those guns that are common and not usually dangerous. The AR-15 is very common and no more dangerous than any other semi-automatic.

I believe you are referring to the semi automatic sporting rifle. "Assault rifle is a made up term intended to sound scary. No I do not think a ban of any sort is needed or desirable. What should be done? Stop letting people who are trying to sell potato chips tell you what to think!

They’re already more or less banned. Getting a hold of a legal assault rifle will cost you massive amount of money, they’re rare as hens teeth.

Coincidentally, they’re virtually absent from crime.

Do you know what an assault rifle is?
Cuz the media and left don't.
Chances are you've been misled.

Automatic machine guns have been outlawed since the 1930's.

Scary looking guns shouldn't be banned because of their appearance.

So, in answer to your question - no - because they're not what you think they are.

The question is how you define them. Military weapons are already under severe restrictions and highly regulated. The proposals that I've seen range from banning scary looking guns to semi-automatics which are a high percentage of rifles and handguns made.

Assuming you mean AR-15's, AK 47 style, and the other similar models, heck no. They may in appearance look like military weapons, but the features are civilian in nature.

You mean assault weapons like these?

Ah, the question...
Okay, I agree, something has to be done. But banning weapons will never work...
Just the idea, being discussed by the left, has made more law abiding Americans, go out and buy as many, as much as they can
It's been a boom in gun stores, gun shows and even online.

And how would our government, our ststes, enforce the ban? Go door to door, like the Gestopo?
Not happening in my lifetime.

So what to do?
I haven't the slightest clue. 🤔😔

They already are banned and have been for many years. The AR-15 is not an assault rifle and never was!

Your question is empty unless you fill it out with some kind of “in order to” statement. Start with a desired outcome, then ask if a particular initiative might get you there.

For gun owners there is a war.

Semi auto isn't anymore dangerous then any other rifle

Yes, they were banned once and they will be again.

For the gun connoisseur and collector, it's cool to own one. I'm not a fan of guns but it's a family tradition to many people I know. It's like any interest or collection in anything. They own them NOT for shooting people.

Nope

Okay by me.

No they shouldn’t.

I think all guns should be banned.