Why we can't have nice things part 4.

[Shermann]

5. High-cap magazines are the most vulnerable to legislation

That is the gun accessory that correlates to lethality the most directly.

High-cap mags are also quite difficult to manufacture in your garage.

The trouble with "assault rifles" is that there are few other features like that. They don't have the biggest bullets, they don't have the most muzzle velocity, they don't have the longest range, they aren't the most concealable, etc. They are "goldilocks" guns that are well-purposed for taking out infantry. Even the rate of fire can be matched by some hunting rifles. Well, that makes legislation difficult.

If the Dems keep the legislation to just high-cap magazines and not introduce other weak links like the 1994 ban did, it will stand the test of time better.

Gun nut here trying to help.