And of course crime rates will go up, and itll be blamed on the free states. I dont understand how ignorant people can be. We had a assult weapons ban for 10 years, it didnt change a thing. There are roughly 390 people killed every year with by long guns. We could use the money a assault weapons ban would cost and save more lives by spending it on medical costs for gunshot wounds. Yet whenever these arguments are brought up they are either shrugged off or the question "but why do you need military weapons?" Is brought up. Which is as good as saying, "its not safteywe are worried about, its just we dont like those guns."