It is NOT paranoia if they really are out to get you. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. First, you ban large magazines. Another shooting, Then, you ban all semi-auto firearms. Another shooting. Time to ban them all! This is a slight exaggeration, but my point still stands.
We once tried limiting magazine sizes. Bill Clinton signed the bill into law, and it expired after 10 years. Sandy Hook happened DURING this ban. Did crime suddenly drop after the ban? No. Once the ban expired, did crime suddenly shoot back up? Once again, no. So, if a law had NO real effect, why try to do it again? Give me ONE good reason that can be backed up with statistics.
Another popular item is to try to ban guns based on features. How stupid is that? If somebody is shooting at me, I would worry more about the bullets and less about what shape or color the gun is. Simply stated, all semi-auto guns are designed to shoot as fast as you can pull the trigger. The ONLY thing else that matters is the magazine size. SO, if it is straight and the furniture is make of wood, OK. If it is black and plastic, bad. Tell me how that makes sense. Some people even wanted to ban any gun with an "upper gas tube." Really? During an actual shooting, how is the location of the gas tube supposed to change things?
Another thing that I love is "universal background checks." Sounds like a great idea, right? I live in Colorado, where we had major wild fires about a year ago, and we require "universal background checks." They cost $10, and it is hard to find a dealer who will do a background check without a sale. So, people had their houses burn down, so they took their guns. Could they leave them with a friend? Nope, not without a LOT of trouble. Since a gun safe is pretty big and hard to move when you are evacuating, I guess your only choice it to take the guns with you to the hotel (along with your kids, who now have easier access to your guns), or break the law by leaving them with a trusted friend. Nice job, government.
Now, the VAST MAJORITY of gun crimes only involve a few shots (if I recall correctly, about two shots is the average). Would a magazine limit make much of a difference in those cases? Now, how about mass shootings (which are statistically rare - you are about as likely to be hit by lightning as to be a victim of a mass shooting). Could restricting the rights of EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA make a difference in a statistically rare situation? Well, the Aurora theater shooter had his 100-round magazine jam after about 45 rounds. That is apparently not uncommon. If he had five 20-round magazines, or even ten 10-round magazines, he would have probably done more damage since a jam would be less likely. With practice, it only takes about two seconds to change magazines.
Gun laws often make no sense and might actually harm innovation. The law makes a clear distinction between a handgun and a long-gun. During WW2, it was not uncommon to have pistols with separate detachable shoulder stocks (collectors items from what I understand). If you tried doing that today, you would have a "short barreled rifle" which will get you years in Club Fed. If you put a shoulder stock on a pistol, is it suddenly more dangerous? If so, how? So, how does this law make any sense at all? I have yet to hear a single good reason how this law makes anybody any safer, and it has certainly made certain classes if firearm and accessories illegal, stifling innovation.
Which gun laws do you think will actually be obeyed by criminals. I have done nothing illegal (other than speeding). I am an honest citizen. Please explain to me how restricting my rights makes anybody else any safer..... Please..... I have not heard any good reasons yet. You can pass laws to try to stop criminals, but criminals do not obey laws? The point of a law is to define behavior that is considered bad, and to use to apply punishment to people who break the law. The law is remarkable bad at stopping people from doing bad things to begin with.
Finally, if you are determined to take away people's rights to make them safer, go after the 4th amendment. Let police search your car on a hunch. Let "driving while black" be a reason to pull somebody over. It would be totally wrong, but it would actually decrease crime, while tramping on the rights of everybody evenly. I am not saying that this is a good idea, but I am saying that the logic of taking away rights to make everybody safer also leads to the 4th amendment too.