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    ...to which you will inevitably backpedal on
    You still haven't answered my original question. Seems that you are afraid that you will need to backpedal.

    I give facts, you ignore them. That's pretty standard for you.

    You think that legal supply from a single manufacturer is going to affect the black market? Learn:

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/hot-guns-fu...0#.UWdRvPjD99A

    "According to the Justice Department, more than 1.4 million guns were stolen or lost between 2005 and 2010." Where do you think that these go to?
    "According to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), more than 4,000 gun stores and retailers have been targeted in the last three years, with 74,000 guns reported stolen or lost."
    "An estimated 230,000 guns per year are stolen in home burglaries and property crimes, according to a study by the Department of Justice."

    These guns are stolen - taken out of the legal and economic market - and sold via the black market - then used in crimes. No matter how you attempt to spin it, the fact is that your scenario was a bogus one from the start.

    Now, for the sake of argument, let's assume that we somehow eliminated this problem, and we only have to deal with straw man purchases and corrupt FFL dealers - and yes, we can both agree that there are still quite a few of those, although it has declined since the 1990s with the increased restrictions and enforcement - both of which I support fully, as I suspect you do as well.
    Even then, the purchaser is a criminal, and would get his hands on a weapon regardless of where it came from. It's just a tool - the problem is the person. And most of what they are using are handguns, not rifles. Look at the FBI statistics - there were only 16 murders using ANY rifle in GA in 2011. The bottom line is that this is the highest number possible for that period of time. Focusing on banning one type of rifle is a waste of time and resources when that is a tiny percentage of the overall problem.
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