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Dial H For Hero

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36. As someone who collects such guns actively, I will freely grant that many weapons such as the AR-15
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 08:00 AM
Apr 2021

are styled after military weapon. Heck, my M1 Garand rifle, Mauser 98K rifle, Mossberg 590 shotgun, and Colt 1911 pistol are military issue weapons as such. Being military issue or styled on a military weapon s no reason in and of itself to restrict a weapon. If that was the standard, we'd ban singlle shot Springfield rifless and Brown Bess muzzleloaders.

The point at whiich we (for practical purpopses) ban military firearms s when they're machine guns. If it just looks like a machine gun but fires semiautomatically only, it's not more restricted (some states aside) than your great-great-great grandfather's lever action deer rifle. That's why this:



Is perfectly legal in most of the US, despite feeding from a 200 round belt and loooking virtually identical to the US Army's light machine gun. It 's a semioautomatic. It's also has an MSRP of $8499.

This country is sick. AllyCat Apr 2021 #1
And Pathetic SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #11
Except none of it is laughable. wnylib Apr 2021 #13
A report on heavy.com says at least 8 have been shot. Nt spooky3 Apr 2021 #2
"I saw a man with a submachine gun of some sort, an automatic rifle, and he was firing in the open" dalton99a Apr 2021 #3
It's the fucking guns. Initech Apr 2021 #4
Yep. applegrove Apr 2021 #8
We're screwed! czarjak Apr 2021 #5
MSNBC has it Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author pnwest Apr 2021 #10
Here We Go Again??? SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #7
Suspect has reportedly killed himself BeyondGeography Apr 2021 #9
I always say if you're thinking about doing a murder/suicide thing, do the suicide first. ZonkerHarris Apr 2021 #24
That just might work bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #30
Trump DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #12
It was happening long before Trump. wnylib Apr 2021 #14
the pace is picking up stopdiggin Apr 2021 #23
Yeah..mass murderers don't care who's Pres but Dems TRY and do something about it.... Bengus81 Apr 2021 #41
Just read leighbythesea2 Apr 2021 #15
I used to work in an office where we wnylib Apr 2021 #18
I Have To Laugh RobinA Apr 2021 #42
EIGHT DEAD At Scene - Several Transported To Hospital SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #16
If you are going to . . . Aussie105 Apr 2021 #17
I was told... SergeStorms Apr 2021 #21
clearly modeled after after military styling stopdiggin Apr 2021 #25
I think I saw some of the posts you're talking about. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #26
As someone who collects such guns actively, I will freely grant that many weapons such as the AR-15 Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #36
Actually, the AR-15 has become one of the most popular hunting rifles in America. Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #38
Technically, all firearm's are "military style". Kaleva Apr 2021 #45
Absolutely so. The classic Winchester Model 70 bolt action rifle is a German 98 army rifle under Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #48
This is yet another example of why something has to be done to curb the sales of guns and ammo GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #19
What, exacstly? Do you have a proposal that will pass constitutional muster and also has the Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #35
Ban semi-autos and handguns Mysterian Apr 2021 #40
Never fly. t hey're in common use as per Heller, and as a simple political reality the US is never Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #43
Would that I had a solution, apart from the Australian one. GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #44
The Australian model will never come to pass here in the US. Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #47
I lived in Philadelphia for 38 years. Just north of the Liberty Bell but not North Philly. GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #50
The 2A is not an obstacle to strict gun control hack89 Apr 2021 #49
This message was self-deleted by its author GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #52
Correct. It's a lack of will. GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #53
How many have we had in the past week? BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #20
Are we ever going to just get rid of these stupid fucking guns? Canoe52 Apr 2021 #22
Please tell us how exactly you propose to disarm the American people. Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #34
8 killed and others injured (including some unidentified who self-transported to hospitals) BumRushDaShow Apr 2021 #27
It is the guns Botany Apr 2021 #28
We're part of the problem boycott_gun_sellers Apr 2021 #29
So you think we should boycott every sportings good store that sells guns? Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #33
Red States Rising bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #31
They will send their "Prayers" but do nothing to prevent it from happening again Ziggysmom Apr 2021 #32
+1. A U.S. House Natural Resources Committee meeting can't be complete without guns dalton99a Apr 2021 #37
This will keep happening while we are awash with guns. apnu Apr 2021 #39
Fuck the constitution... Maxheader Apr 2021 #46
There's a well defined procedure for repealing a constitutional amendment. Dial H For Hero Apr 2021 #51
Locking... DonViejo Apr 2021 #54
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