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In reply to the discussion: The cycle of fear that drives assault weapon sales [View all]bossy22
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sari: After vets I think the biggest amount of buyers are those who look on it as an investment or feel that if there is so much of a push to ban them, it must somehow be better than other rifles.
Surely you must realize the ridiculous logic in those buying for your latter reason? do people go out en masse & purchase things banned by the govt? in general? no of course not, they tend to think the govt is banning them for a valid reason.
Surely you must realize the ridiculous logic in those buying for your latter reason? do people go out en masse & purchase things banned by the govt? in general? no of course not, they tend to think the govt is banning them for a valid reason.
It's not as ridiculous as you think. The 1994 AWB is still fresh in many minds and its "Story" is told to many gun owners who were too young back then. When the ban went into affect, the price of certain items (pre ban guns and pre ban magazines) skyrocketed. So its not too crazy for the same people to assume that a new ban would have a similar affect (even though the new law would prevent resale). Also, there are solid arguements out there against the AWB so i'm not quite sure we can give the government a "Blank check" on validity.
One of the key problems with this whole issue is the definition of an "assault weapon" (not an assault rifle as you state, they are significantly different classifications). Assault weapon is (as you probably no) an arbitrary term that has no singular definition. it can be defined narrowly or so broad to encompass pretty much all semi-automatic and repeating (pump action, lever action) firearms. So when you make a comment that "a handgun/rifle/shotgun is as good or better than an assault weapon" without actually stating a definition of an assault weapon the logic of the comment fails. The problem is that you can yell all you want that "an AK-47 is not a good home defense weapon" and you probably correct, but the proposed law doens't just ban an AK-47, it also bans semi-automatic shotguns that hold more than 5 rounds- which happen to be EXCELLENT for home defense.
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Yet, there are ebbs in gun purchases, prob. when there us little talk of bans.
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#17
"I am fearful..." Of course you are. The vast majority of the gun control issue is all fear-based.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2013
#41
Fear and pre-occupation with sexual identity is an obsession with gun-controllers...
Eleanors38
Mar 2013
#18
Except the OP is about the cycle of fear that drives folk to buy assautlt rifles
Starboard Tack
Mar 2013
#33
Umm, the AR-15 absolutely dominates centerfire target competition in this country...
benEzra
Mar 2013
#50
That's funny, I always thought that the cycle of fear drove efforts to ban guns.
kudzu22
Mar 2013
#31
Apparently, it is not important to those who don't wish to learn about themselves.
Starboard Tack
Mar 2013
#59