SwampGas
09-13-2004, 06:01 AM
1 hour ago the failed 10 year experiment called the "assault weapons ban" expired. This means that we, as legal and responsible citizens, can now possess unaltered and unrestricted firearms.
Does this mean we'll all rush out to buy full auto guns and kill people? Pffft....no. Automatic weapons have been banned since before your grandparents were born. The import of automatic weapons to the US has been banned since you were really young...and for some of you, before even you were born.
What this means is that we can have more than 10 rounds in a magazine.
A flash suppressor.
A bayonet.
A telescoping stock.
And guess what. YOU COULD STILL HAVE ALL THESE FEATURES DURING THE BAN.
Everyone uses the AK-47 as the example...it's the typical rifle the mid-eastern folk use. It looks scary. The other is the Intratec TEC-9. It looks scary. The media says terrorists come into the USA to buy weapons because it's so easy. Gangsters and thugs can get them. Now...the truth.
First, you could get an AK-47 and a TEC-9 and ANY OTHER WEAPON BANNED BY THIS FAILED EXPERIMENT during its duration. They were readily available. Legally.
Second, a terrorist would not gain access to the country, establish citizenship, go through all the hoops to purchase a firearm (procedure varies by state), pay $300 for a semi-auto, smuggle it out of the country, and then go terrorize Russia. They'd go to Saudi Arabia and buy a full auto with all the bells and whistles for $50.
Third, criminals didn't follow the gun laws anyway. They're CRIMINALS. They don't listen to the law.
I was watching Fox news and was flipping out last Friday when they had their "expert" on the air from some anti-gun group. They were not even stretching the truth...they were not telling it AT ALL. My mother says to me, "what if everyone carried a gun? During a road rage incident, people would be killing each other constantly."
Well, mom, how come your everyday Joe Citizen doesn't run a police car off the road or try to shoot him for looking at him wrong? Because the policeman shoots back. I'm not saying everyone needs to carry a gun and have the country become the wild west....but it's the lack of consequence that drives crime and bad behavior. If there was a very good chance someone would shoot back, then your average citizen would think twice about doing something harsh.
It's time that we, as responsible citizens, educate the masses regarding firearms and what exactly is "legal", why there's gun violence, and how to prevent it.
Ladies and gentlemen....we won. Welcome to a free country.
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Does this mean we'll all rush out to buy full auto guns and kill people? Pffft....no. Automatic weapons have been banned since before your grandparents were born. The import of automatic weapons to the US has been banned since you were really young...and for some of you, before even you were born.
What this means is that we can have more than 10 rounds in a magazine.
A flash suppressor.
A bayonet.
A telescoping stock.
And guess what. YOU COULD STILL HAVE ALL THESE FEATURES DURING THE BAN.
Everyone uses the AK-47 as the example...it's the typical rifle the mid-eastern folk use. It looks scary. The other is the Intratec TEC-9. It looks scary. The media says terrorists come into the USA to buy weapons because it's so easy. Gangsters and thugs can get them. Now...the truth.
First, you could get an AK-47 and a TEC-9 and ANY OTHER WEAPON BANNED BY THIS FAILED EXPERIMENT during its duration. They were readily available. Legally.
Second, a terrorist would not gain access to the country, establish citizenship, go through all the hoops to purchase a firearm (procedure varies by state), pay $300 for a semi-auto, smuggle it out of the country, and then go terrorize Russia. They'd go to Saudi Arabia and buy a full auto with all the bells and whistles for $50.
Third, criminals didn't follow the gun laws anyway. They're CRIMINALS. They don't listen to the law.
I was watching Fox news and was flipping out last Friday when they had their "expert" on the air from some anti-gun group. They were not even stretching the truth...they were not telling it AT ALL. My mother says to me, "what if everyone carried a gun? During a road rage incident, people would be killing each other constantly."
Well, mom, how come your everyday Joe Citizen doesn't run a police car off the road or try to shoot him for looking at him wrong? Because the policeman shoots back. I'm not saying everyone needs to carry a gun and have the country become the wild west....but it's the lack of consequence that drives crime and bad behavior. If there was a very good chance someone would shoot back, then your average citizen would think twice about doing something harsh.
It's time that we, as responsible citizens, educate the masses regarding firearms and what exactly is "legal", why there's gun violence, and how to prevent it.
Ladies and gentlemen....we won. Welcome to a free country.
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