What a wonderful and thorough description of those with a collectivist mindset regarding this issue Chroma.  Thank you for illiterating it so well. You are absolutely correct when you say that the passing of the proposed ban will result in naught but "making life hard for everyone". It won't stop the next mass shooting, or the one after that, or the one after that. All it will accomplish is to deny to those who seek the enjoyment of sustained fire a relatively inexpensive access to that enjoyment and ensure that only individuals capable of paying 5 figures for a firearm or corporations, which are still allowed to purchase arms capable of sustained fire, which will offer the opportunity with a hefty price tag attached, likely a higher price tag than that of the stock some wish to see banned.  Here again we see the true aim of the collectivist, control of those they deem inferior to themselves.