Excet that I do have the fact that registration schemes have been used multiple times in various jurisdictions as a precursor to bans, and then on to confiscations and mandatory “turn-ins” to authorities.
It ain’t hyperbole, histrionics, or distortions when it has already happened. Several times. And when the people who want to “just make us safer” here in America point to those examples as “good examples” of what they want to accomplish, even as they refrain from using the “B” or “C” words.
After all, you don’t want to show the opposition your true game plan.
Allessan: show me a good battlefield commander who relies upon Golden BB’s as the lynchpin of his tactics. General Dodonna and the Battle of Yavin don’t count. Sure, any tactician worth his (or her) salt will certainly take advantage of any opportunity, and if a lucky break comes their way, will attempt to run with it.
But there’s precious little “lotto mentality” amongst professionals.
Zebra: pull your head out of your Hollywood. Most drug dealers are marginal, at best, according to government studies. I think it was the U.S. Dept. of Labor that showed that your average drug dealer can make more money working minimum wage at McDonalds.
Drug Kingpins surrounded by an army of Uzi & AK toting goons ready to hose down anyone who looks at them crosseyed is largely a fabrication of Hollywood, ala “Robocop.”