Into the Night
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Gun free zones don't work. Shoot back.
Guns, Guns and more guns.
- Thread starter Lionfish
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Gun free zones don't work. Shoot back.
Lightbringer
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WinterBorn
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That lever action you talked about no one wanting to take from you was a military weapon as well. So were muzzle loaders.
But the military M16 was a selective fire weapon, capable of firing at full auto. The AR15 is just another semi-auto rifle. But the appearance disturbs anti-gunners.
The 30-60 rounds per minute is what disturbs me.
WinterBorn
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Disarming the general population is what disturbs me.
Hyperbole
It would please me. Guns made America into a shooting gallery. We do not have to live like this. No other nation does. Having children go through active shooter drills, does not bother you? The mass shootings as a daily occurrence do not bother you?
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
The appearance is indeed gruesome, but there's also the large capacity magazine, totally unnecessary for either sport or defense but very useful for unprovoked offense.
WinterBorn
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The US is a violent culture. Without guns we still have more deaths by knife or beatings. And given the continuous flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into this country, there is no way we could stop a similar flow of firearms. Except those would all be for criminals, while the law abiding citizen would be defenseless.
cawacko
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WB making his way back to this portion of the board!!! Welcome back brother!!!
NiftyNiblick
1960s Chick Magnet
The discussion, however, is mostly about banning large magazine para-military weapons commonly referred to, correctly or incorrectly, as "assault rifles."
Only the most gun-paranoid extremists even discuss a total abolition of civilian firearms ownership.
One doesn't need fifteen rounds to hunt or defend one's home,
but they come in real handy if you want to shoot up a school, shopping mall, or concert.
Insisting that one is entitled to own such a weapon is really digging in as a libertarian,
but at the same time, not making oneself part of the discussion
about reasonable legislation. That makes unreasonable legislation more likely.
WinterBorn
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cawacko
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If memory serves correctly you stopped posting here (this portion of the board) before the board got overrun with trolls. Just being real, you'll likely get fed up here real quickly as well. But hey, I hope you stick around and contribute to positive change.
How does that make sense? There are more guns than people in the US, Note the mass killings, done by law biding citizens until suddenly they weren't. Same for"I am a responsible gun owner, " until your kid shows up at school with one. Guns get loose. Guns get used in anger. Guns are used for mass killings. Guns are the problem.
This is a military weapon, used by the United States Army.
This is not - and has NEVER been used by any branch of the United States Military.
Any questions?
Even though they didn't actually use AR-15's in most of those shootings.
It may be a surprise to you that this is NOT an AR-15,
Nor is this;
Saint Guinefort
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This is not - and has NEVER been used by any branch of the United States Military.
Any questions?
I've always been fascinated by the AR-15 and other "assault style" rifles. They are clearly made to LOOK very military. But I have heard as you stated that they are not really related to any military hardware.
But the look of them is what is attracting gun enthusiasts. I grew up around guns and even I think those are cool looking. But I see ZERO need for that kind of armament. What is the point? Why go to such lengths to make it look all menacing and military? I assume that is why gun nuts also like them. They are often mentally deranged and feel a need to be a "big man" but they probably can't get ahold of actual military hardware so they go for this one. It makes them FEEL manlier.
That's the heart of America's gun problem: we have too many people who are stuck in infancy and want the gun to make them feel a certain way. It's not a healthy relationship with ANY tool, let alone one that is engineered to put holes in living things until the living things stop being living things.