Gabby Giffords Gun Violence Initiative

[Spartana]

Criminal background checks on all gun sales
Ban sales of semi-automatic weapons except to individuals
Ban sales of high-capacity magazine clips
Expand laws prohibiting carrying concealed weapons
(Better) regulate sales of bullets (such as Assembly Bill 48 in California)

All these already exist in Calif (and several other states) yet have done nothing to curb gun violence or mass shootings.

And what do you mean by banning semi-auto's except to individuals? I have semi-auto rifles and handguns (as most pistols are) with Calif legal magazine capacities yet I can re-load them rapidly from as many pre-loaded 8 round (10 rounds in the case of a rifle) magazines in less then a second - thus firering many many rounds rapidly. So I don't understand the need to ban a certain type of firearm or even limit the magazine capacity to prevent a rapid fire mass shooting kind of situation. The same thing can be done with most any handgun. And as other's have pointed out in different threads - carrying several handguns and many magazines is easily concealable.

ETA: I finally caught up with all the posts and see that several other's mentioned the ease to to cahnge out mags fast. Also I understand Bicker meant "ban semi-autos for all individuals - not except for them. Next time I'll read it all before posting. I know..I say that every time and never do ;-)!