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Gun Control & RKBA

NYC_SKP

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2. My air rifle is older, a Beeman R1 in .20.

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 12:37 PM

Dec 2012

Here:

Accurate but not deadly for anything larger than rats or squirrels.

I haven't researched newer models at all but I'm sure they have become far more powerful.

I'm not sure why there haven't been calls for regulation, but it might be because many advocates for control know so little about what they are trying to control.

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posting this again for discussion about air rifles [View all] backwoodsbob Dec 2012 OP

First, we have to seriously regulate conventional rifles... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #1

"First." What do you consider as "Last?" Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #7

We don't regulate semi-automatic weapons or the size of magazines... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #10

"Gun manufacturers are not responsible for the mayhem they facilitate." beevul Dec 2012 #15

My air rifle is older, a Beeman R1 in .20. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #2

Looking around, here is a "scary" model on Amazon. Full auto belt fed .22. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #3

you got that right backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #5

There are... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #4

It won't be long before... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #6

I lived -- and shot ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #8

Exactly. Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #9

Engaging in logical fallacy invalidates everything you say. See Slippery Slope... Agnosticsherbet Dec 2012 #11

The problem with that argument is... beevul Dec 2012 #16

First air rifle capable of felling a deer, appeared in the US in 1785. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #12

can it do this? backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #13

The range isn't clear in that shot. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #14

I though the Girandoni was a .46 caliber ball repeater SeattleVet Dec 2012 #21

Calibers varied. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #24

Even the most powerful.... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #17

Not to be nit picky... Flyboy_451 Dec 2012 #18

Where did you... Puha Ekapi Dec 2012 #22

In New Jersey you have to go to a FFL Dealer oneshooter Dec 2012 #19

Go read Sherlock Holmes... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #20

We need to ban assault air rifles. Nutsmustbecracked Dec 2012 #23