Why don’t we stop talking about banning assault weapons since it seems to be clearly a non-starter? Let’s start talking about making the manufacture and ownership of a rifle with a pistol grip and magazines with capacities over six rounds for all weapons available to the general public, illegal.

I agree with gun owners that owning a rifle with a pistol grip is really cool, but absolutely non-essential for sport shooting or hunting. It is also really cool to own a nine millimeter handgun with a magazine capacity of 13 or more rounds. Again, absolutely unnecessary. The Wild West was tamed with a Colt revolver. And the fool who thinks his pistol grip rifle will sustain his freedom against the Federal Government is simply delusional. You are aware that the federal government owns tanks and Apache helicopters, right?

Think about it. When the police officer from your community, who you may know, knocks on your door and says, “I guess you heard, the Supreme Court reversed itself on the private ownership of guns. If you are not an active member of the National Guard, (today’s militia) you must surrender your weapons to me.”

What are you going to do? Shoot him or her? Be serious.

Dennis Miner, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County