Tubbs
Bluelight Crew
It also was meant to keep you from killing your spouse during a divorce, that used to be a question they asked, if you were in the middle of a divorce, custody case, etc.
So then I'll go back to what I asked before and just recently. What guns are OK and what aren't, and for what reason? The term you used that first prompted me to ask was military grade.
Though this does bring up something else I'm increasingly feeling compelled to ask more broadly. And what's what exactly is a hunting rifle? What makes a hunting rifle a hunting rifle vs a military rifle in technical terms.
Cause if it were to ever be law there will need to be a technical definition.
People keep talking about how it's designed as a criteria. But the design question tends to be more a matter of marketing than anything else. So open question, what makes a it a hunting rifle vs a military rifle, apart from advertising.
And what about the fact that some rifles used in both military and civilian applications are entirely identical? Or the fact that virtually none of the rifles commonly considered by the public to be assault weapons and that have been used in recent mass shootings actually are completely the same as the standard issue rifles used by most modern militaries?
What is the difference?
It's not a matter of marketing. Hunting rifles take a long time to reload. Animals or people have plenty of time to flee after the gun is brandished or fired. Hi capacity assault rifles have less than a second between shots and capacities of 30 I believe. A hunting rifle you fire a single shot and it takes a minute or two to load the next shot.
But you're not gonna do it.
It's absurd to suggest you define what you want to ban and why?
You said it yourself, the reload on an assault rifle vs a semi auto hunting rifle is comparable, but the capacity makes that a huge jump. Thirty rounds per mag as opposed to ten loaded in the same amount of time is a massive difference in effective firepower.
if you dont know the meanings of the words "anti-personel weapon" and "hunting weapon" you can try a dictionary or the wiki articles.
so because we cant do it perfectly we shouldnt even bother trying? thats called the "nirvana fallacy".
and yes, asking for far more precision than is necessary is quibbling. again, we're not writing law here (and your arguments there mostly seem to be of the "it wont be perfect" variety, the nirvana fallacy). there's no need to go to an absurd level of precision, like exactly which specific guns.
That means you can load 20 extra rounds in the same time frame, that's 20 extra shots then a reload, as opposed to 10 then reload,etc. Even a mag size restriction would work. Not like thats never happened, in some states extended mags on a handgun/rifle are illegal.
It's never too early for these kids to learn that Congress will walk over every last one of thier dead bodies to get that lobbyist "donation"..when thier efforts fail miserably to come close to gun reform.
They think their 17 dead highschool class mates matter? If a mass shooting of 5 yr olds and one with hundreds of deaths did nothing ...these kids are better served staying home and smoking weed.
Sorry if this is cynical. But we are talking about dismantling the way that governments have worked since they existed. Not any easy feat.
How exactly is there a massive difference? I asked tathra this but got no reply. Guess I'll try again.
Mentioned above: the "cooling off" period of x days is believed to help prevent suicides.
It also was meant to keep you from killing your spouse during a divorce, that used to be a question they asked, if you were in the middle of a divorce, custody case, etc.
There has never been a mass school shooting involving an assault rifle in America.