tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post8516304805738789521..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: More on the Australia Semiautomatic Rifle BuybackNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-69730154621649437922012-12-21T11:55:30.647-08:002012-12-21T11:55:30.647-08:00I mean that to try to buyback every semiautomatic ...I mean that to try to buyback every semiautomatic rifle & shotgun (rather than "assault weapons" however you want to define it) would cost tens of billions of dollars and affect upwards of 10 million gun owners. Not really doable.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-12590292426210557472012-12-20T01:04:14.608-08:002012-12-20T01:04:14.608-08:00Suppose we tried it, and the people who didn't...Suppose we tried it, and the people who didn't turn in their guns were kooky survivalists who just locked the guns up in their basements and knew that showing them off would result in trouble. That's a better situation overall, right? I'd think the number of high-rate-of-fire weapons likely to fall into a crazy person's hands would decline.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-64480650154081017422012-12-19T20:17:05.350-08:002012-12-19T20:17:05.350-08:00Yeah it now looks like the Australian buyback went...Yeah it now looks like the Australian buyback went further than anything you could realistically do in the US ... it heavily restricted <em>all</em> semiautomatic long guns. This is a much larger class of weapon, some of which have legitimate hunting functions (though a bolt-action rifle would suffice in many such circumstance). Such a ban/buyback would hit 20% of guns and be totally impractical in the US.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-51687834512037038072012-12-19T19:31:53.465-08:002012-12-19T19:31:53.465-08:00I am liking this Australian plan.I am liking this Australian plan.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.com