I consider this very unlikely – but it is possible.

What is more likely is that laws will be introduced and passed, some of which will be upheld by the courts and some of which will be struck down by the courts.

Banning the bump stock will probably pass and if signed by President Trump, would probably be upheld by the courts. Stopping the public from converting a semi-automatic to the equivalent of an automatic doesn’t really infringe on the 2nd amendment, because you can still keep and bears “arms” (i.e. the original semi-automatic without the accessory).

Trying to ban semi-automatics will doom the law (even if it could be passed and signed into law) to being struck down in the courts (in my opinion).

If it was me, I would do a series of targeted bills, one for each item, so the whole package didn’t go down over an over-reach. Senator Feinstein did the right thing with her bump stock ban bill – it is targeted and stand-alone. I expect it to pass both houses and be signed into law.

Yes, this is at the heart of all of the pushing of the myth that evil boogiemen (non of them white, of course) are lurking around the corners in every city waiting to attack you, and the only defense is an honorable (always white, usually male or older women) person willing to stand up to them with a private gun.

The facts that such attacks are almost non-existent, and the “good person with a gun stops an attack” is as rare, don’t matter.

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It is appealing to those who are afraid that the world is far more dangerous and threatening to them than it actually is.

Which is why the NRA peddles fear of ‘them’ in its adverts, which are blatant populist fearmongering.

And a fucking disgrace.

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So the rest of what you say is wrong.