Diana Degette explanation on why a ban for high capacity mags

[Whistler]

I think the time has come for us to be reasonable too. Surely we can come to some kind of compromise here, after all we all condemn these kind of massacres and want to do everything in our power to prevent them from happening again.

I would be all in favour of agreeing to limit high capacity clips to say, ten rounds maximum, if they would agree to allow us to keep our 'assault rifles' and 'AK47s' and barrel shrouds. Who's with me?

No compromise. In every documented historical case so-called "common sense" restrictions to gun ownership ultimately result in gun confiscation and a virtually complete ban on firearms as well as elimination of self-defense as justification for firearm ownership resulting in substantial increases in violent crime.

"This is America, that can't happen here. All we are saying is let's use common sense to keep our children safe!"

Ask the Brits or the Australians or Mexico and numerous other countries how those "common sense" gun laws worked out for them.