In an interview with Gary Johnson, libertarian candidate for U.S. President, when asked about his thoughts on “banning assault weapons” his response went something like this (I am paraphrasing):

There are basically two issues with banning assault weapons. First, if the U.S. were to ban “assault weapons” he doubted that even half would abide by any such ruling, instantaneously turning millions of Americans into criminals.

Second, “automatic” weapons have been banned in this country for many years.

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