What’s the harm in extending the ban?
A law should be on the books only if it is justifiable, does what it is supposed to do, and does not infringe people’s rights. If the best that can be said about a law is that it isn’t particularly harmful, that’s not reason enough for it to stand. Two days after the “assault weapon” law took effect, the Washington Post editorialized, “no one should have any illusions about what was accomplished. Assault weapons play a part in only a small percentage of crime. The provision is mainly symbolic.” In doing so, the paper provided one of the reasons the law should never have been imposed. 15.
