AlexanderA
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You guys still don't get it. Hillary Clinton, as president, doesn't need Congress' consent in order to ban AR-15 rifles. She has all the legislative authority she needs in the NFA '34, the GCA '68, and FOPA '86. All she has to do is order the ATF to rule that semiautomatic AR-15's are "readily convertible" to fully automatic. Congress can bitch about this, and even pass a disapproval resolution, but she would veto it. Since the Republicans don't have a veto-proof majority in both houses, that would be the end of it. The Supreme Court, even without a Hillary-appointed Justice, would not intervene. Even the Heller court would not have intervened, judging from the dicta in Scalia's opinion.
Obama did not have the political capital to do this. Hillary will, if she's elected, because she's running on gun control, and specifically on banning "assault weapons" and "weapons of war." If elected, she can claim a mandate to do exactly that.
Obama did not have the political capital to do this. Hillary will, if she's elected, because she's running on gun control, and specifically on banning "assault weapons" and "weapons of war." If elected, she can claim a mandate to do exactly that.