Contra Gun Philosophy:

There are two sides to the Second Amendment:
(1) those who thing that semi-automatic weapons are "Assault Weapons";
(2) those who think the semi-automatic weapons are a standard means of personal defense.

POSIT:

A National Assault Weapons Ban is the Next Best Thing - Quote of the Day - The Truth About Guns: “Otto Van Bismarck once said: ‘Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.’ For those who are looking for the repeal of the Second Amendment, I would urge them to abandon that hope and look to the ‘the next best:’ the imposition of a national ban on assault weapons.” 

– Sol Wachtler in Keep assault weapons in the military [via timesunion.com]

CONTRA:
These idiots who posit  so confidently don't actually know what an "Assault Weapon" is.

They think it's  any gun  which shoots one bullet every time you pull the trigger.
They would be surprised to learn that they have just defined a Double-Action Revolver ... which they are usually willing to accept as a "Safer Firearm".

A true "Assault Weapon" is (as an introductory course on Fierarms  Defininitions) one which fires a bullet until