The USA has an obsession with guns, but mainly from a smaller group that happens to be the loudest group.
The Constitution states the 'right to bear arms'; even if you take the 'originalist's' viewpoint (ie that this doesn't include the distinction of a 'well regulated militia'), there are still common sense restrictions. Like how automatic weapons - so far - are prohibited weapons.
The right to bear arms does not mean every gun... and it is NOT infringed upon by something like reducing the capacity of an extended magazine. While the gun lobby would never allow this, I think it would be a simple way to hamper a gunman in a gun fight.
There is no reason for anyone to have a 30 bullet magazine (except law enforcement and the military)... especially if the counter argument proves the point - that it only takes someone 5 seconds to load a new magazine...
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