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So what we're left with is a woman who saw two people shot with handguns, and uses that as an excuse to attempt to ban semi-automatic rifles.
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Yes. It's the same mindset that says, "the background check system is broken and unenforced, so we need to extend it to everyone."
It's worth mentioning that the big push until the late 1980's was the banning of
handguns. Hence Handgun Control International (the Bradys' original name) and the Coalition to Ban Handguns (now the CSGV).
That movement ran out of steam and support, so inspired by the 1989 Stockton shooting, a new category of "assault weapons" was made up out of whole cloth, and the focus was deliberately switched to that.