Previous version here: http://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2018/03/expanded-my-crazy-idea-for-resolving.html
Being functionally focused when it comes to our rights, I take theologian Peter Marshall's approach of seeing freedom as the ability to do what is right, not entitlement to do simply what we want. Thus, here's my suggestion for resolving the whole "assault weapon" debate. It's not ideal, but politics are always iffy, and it's better than a catastrophic loss of the Second Amendment.