The same nonsense is being proposed up here in Canada. We're having our election soon and now the liberals, in an effort to get voters, are promising to ban outright the ar-15 and all such rifles, along with any "military type weapons" whatever the heck that even means (Canada is full of old .303 British enfields, rifles that have seen more legit military use than almost any other - but it's a rickety old bolt gun that doesn't look evil so I'm sure they'll be exempt - if it has wood on it it's not capable of being used for anything but hunting right?). The only reason I'm not more concerned is they were saying the same thing 4 years ago and once they got in they deliberated and consulted and such and didn't actually do much of anything about anything. It's a game. But an offensive and misguided one. The really stupid thing is that the data shows the majority of gun crimes committed here are committed with handguns illegally smuggled in from the USA. So punishing law abiding citizens is not only wrong, it won't even work to curb violence. At all.