Trance, I agree something needs to happen and that's coming from a die hard 2nd amendment supporter. But automatic weapons have been banned in this country since 1934 already. Everyone is blaming the most recent terrible trajedy on automatic guns, but the guns used were not automatics. These people are just trying to make political points. Also keep in mind that these large massacre's that have happened over the last few years in Virginia, Colorado and Wisconsin, did not involve automatic weapons either. They may look like automatic weapons, but they work the same as my deer hunting rifle except they have larger magazines. That's a area where perhaps there needs to be discussion. When I go deer hunting, I usually only have 3-5 rounds loaded. I don't have a need for a 30 round clip.
As to your seat belt example, that's great. But statistics prove gun bans do not lower gun crime in the same way as seat belts save lives.
As for Obama doing something, that's another joke. He is just another politician like the rest over the last 50 years that talk tough and refuse to negotiate with the opposite party on anything. The only thing the two majority parties are willing to sit down and openly discuss is the blacklisting of any potential third party candidates.
