A Canadian take on the subject

[yagotme]

7. Are you proposing the "slippery slope" method?

"Therefore gun control advocates who wish to ban semiautomatic firearms try to use the incremental approach. First ban rifles like the AR-15 and then ban and confiscate other rifles that use a detachable magazine that holds more than five rounds. Once that is accomplished work on banning and confiscating all semiautomatic pistols."

Pro-gunners would see this as the beginning of complete confiscation, like some of those here proposing an outright ban on firearms. The '94 AWB attempted to address a lot of this, but manufacturers simply looked at the law, removed the "banned" items from the firearms, and kept cranking them out. There is no way you will get 51% of the country on board with such legislation if the word "confiscate" appears in the legislation. The "taking" of personal property will be severely frowned upon, on a nationwide basis.

The part about "use a detachable magazine" won't fly well, either. Just the way to ban a bolt action hunting rifle with a detachable mag, is to make a mag that holds 6 rounds. Words mean things, and hastily/poorly worded legislation will end up in the SC, and you know what will happen there.