Florida Veterans for Commons Sense (FLVCS) favors legislation that bans the possession of Assault Weapons by anybody other than law enforcement officers (who are on duty) and military personnel (who are on duty). The Department of Justice defined Assault Weapons in 1994 as semiautomatic firearms with large capacity magazine capability that were designed and configured for rapid fire.
The members of the FLVCS believe in, and very strongly support, the Constitution of the United States. Such a ban is well within the boundaries of the Second Amendment. It was possibly even mandated therein when the Founders used the words “well regulated”. They realized that an orderly and civil society needs some regulation. The courts have ruled that the people do not have an unbridled right to possess weapons. In fact, there are many regulations in that regard.
A ban of this type should include a federal buy-back program to compensate legal assault weapon owners. The cost of such a program would be relatively minor when compared to the potential costs to people and property of not doing so.
Police Chiefs Say- Ban Assault Weapons
The International Association of Chiefs of Police has been a strong supporter of the assault weapons ban since 1992. Their membership has approved several reauthorizations of support in the years since. The membership took this action because as law enforcement executives, they understand that the criminal use of semiautomatic assault weapons pose a grave risk to their officers and the communities they are sworn to protect.
Society as whole has the right to domestic tranquility. This ban would help insure that right. The majority of Americans have said as much.
From Dec 2015 through August 8, 2019, there have been 37 mass shooting incidents in the United States. Assault weapons were used in 11 of those shootings. Of those, 911 people were killed or injured. In the 26 shootings in which other types of weapons were used there were 310 people who were killed or injured.
One needs only to digest those numbers to understand the gravity of the issue.
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