# Reid Admits No Support For "Assault Weapons" Ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 19, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402 "2013-03-19T22:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402/81 "2013-03-20T16:48:09Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I don’t laud someone for not committing murder when he shoves an enemy onto the tracks in front of an approaching train and the train manages to stop in time. Got any more bad analogies you’d like to bring up, or are you done for now? For-instances would be better than analogies. Especially given that most people in this thread seem to be confused about what’s bothering you and why. As best as I can tell, the ‘what’ is that when the Dems signaled that people who liked expansive gun rights could safely vote for Dems, they meant it only for a period of several years into the future, rather than for all time. As for the ‘why,’ I’ll confess I have no clue here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reid-admits-no-support-for-assault-weapons-ban/653402)._