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Your revised first amendment analogy is getting more compelling now that you've moved away from the "need" framework.  I agree that the widely recognized "public safety" limitations to the first amendment serve as a model for reasonable additional regulation on firearms. [b] However, a ban on all semi-automatic weapons is a non-starter--they simply have too many legitimate applications.  
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IMO, people seriously interested in meaningful gun control ought focus on background checks for all transfers, criminal liability for negligent transfer/storage, and similar measures designed to keep firearms out of the wrong hands.  
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Can you spell out for me the many legitimate applications?  All I ever hear is target practice, which I think is only legitimate in that it's fun.

I'm all for the background checks, criminal liability, etc., but it appears impossible to keep firearms out of the wrong hands.  They're in the right hands until those hands turn wrong.[/quote]

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