Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:19 PM

jpak (26,914 posts)

And another thing - we should ban the ownership of ALL automatic weapons

If you want to play Army - join the Army.

There is no reason why civilians should own automatic weapons.

yup

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And another thing - we should ban the ownership of ALL automatic weapons (Original post)	jpak	Dec 2012	OP
Because I really don't need a post hidden, let me just say...	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#1
the last crime committed with a legal machine gun in the US	gejohnston	Dec 2012	#2
Automatic weapons are so expensive that almost nobody has them	Travis_0004	Dec 2012	#3
Tell me this again after I explain how a guy of very modest means has three assault weapons.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#4
You really should learn the difference between "assault weapons" and "automatic weapons". nt	jody	Dec 2012	#5
Do you know what kind of guns he has?	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#10
Do you?	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#11
Don't need to, Thinkingabout in # 4 made the mistake. Ask that author, wait that's you. Do you know	jody	Dec 2012	#12
So what kind of firearm are they?	ileus	Dec 2012	#17
Are you sure?	Lizzie Poppet	Dec 2012	#6
There are many...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Dec 2012	#9
Yes he has three assault weapons, by definition semi-automatic and I do not know if they are legal.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#13
All "semi-automatic" firearms are not assault weapons. Do you know the difference? nt	jody	Dec 2012	#14
Did you look up the definition of assault weapons? i am not splitting hairs here.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#15
I've forgotten more about AW than you'll ever know. Your fatal error was confusing AW with automatic	jody	Dec 2012	#16
I think you are confusing me with sone else, I said he had assault weapons.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#19
I was referring to the author of #4. If that's not you, then mea culpa. nt	jody	Dec 2012	#20
I guess that would be me same name.	Thinkingabout	Dec 2012	#21
I think there's some confusion here.	Glaug-Eldare	Dec 2012	#22
Most states don't allow you to hunt big game with .223	Ashgrey77	Dec 2012	#24
I thought you said "automatic weapons"	Recursion	Dec 2012	#7
I'm assuming his are semi-automatic. Big difference.	Travis_0004	Dec 2012	#8
Other than to make you feel better why ban class III firearms?	ileus	Dec 2012	#18
interesting....	Puha Ekapi	Dec 2012	#23

Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:29 PM

Lizzie Poppet (2,345 posts)

1. Because I really don't need a post hidden, let me just say...

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:31 PM

gejohnston (12,553 posts)

2. the last crime committed with a legal machine gun in the US

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was committed by a cop with a MAC-10 registered to the police department.
BTW, do you know why NFA is a registration/high tax scheme instead of a ban? FDR's AG and other supporters feared that a ban would be struck down.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:46 PM

Travis_0004 (932 posts)

3. Automatic weapons are so expensive that almost nobody has them

Yeah, there are a few in civilian hands, but they are very expensive, and getting more and more expensive every year.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:54 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

4. Tell me this again after I explain how a guy of very modest means has three assault weapons.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:59 PM

jody (26,624 posts)

5. You really should learn the difference between "assault weapons" and "automatic weapons". nt

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:56 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

10. Do you know what kind of guns he has?

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:58 PM

Glaug-Eldare (1,018 posts)

11. Do you?

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People of "modest means" generally cannot afford three separate firearms which usually price in the five digits, not counting the tax stamp or background checks. The ammunition is another extreme expense, if you actually use it.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:00 PM

jody (26,624 posts)

12. Don't need to, Thinkingabout in # 4 made the mistake. Ask that author, wait that's you. Do you know

what you are talking about?

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:58 PM

ileus (9,197 posts)

17. So what kind of firearm are they?

I know a guy of modest means that has 3 or 4 full autos, just so happens he's a dealer.

I also know two docs that have full autos...most people with full auto's are pretty reliable people emotionally and mental wise.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:00 PM

Lizzie Poppet (2,345 posts)

6. Are you sure?

"Assault weapons" (a media generated, made-up term) has come to refer to semi-automatic weapons that resemble military-issue selective-fire (automatic) weapons. Does your friend actually have three fully-automatic weapons? If so, does he have them legally? The process for acquiring legal fully-automatic firearms is indeed expensive and very time-consuming.

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Response to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 03:12 PM

discntnt_irny_srcsm (5,611 posts)

9. There are many...

...unstudied folks who may conclude that there's not much difference between a Glock 19 and an 18C but they'd be just as wrong.

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Response to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:08 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

13. Yes he has three assault weapons, by definition semi-automatic and I do not know if they are legal.

A person in Arizona on food stamps was purchasing several weapons and selling them to the Mexican drug cartel, didn't make enough money to prevent him from getting food stamps but he bought the guns.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:11 PM

jody (26,624 posts)

14. All "semi-automatic" firearms are not assault weapons. Do you know the difference? nt

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Response to jody (Reply #14)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:37 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

15. Did you look up the definition of assault weapons? i am not splitting hairs here.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #15)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:49 PM

jody (26,624 posts)

16. I've forgotten more about AW than you'll ever know. Your fatal error was confusing AW with automatic

firearms.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:06 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

19. I think you are confusing me with sone else, I said he had assault weapons.

I did not state semi-automatic or automatic. The definition is not written by myself and it has nothing to do with how much or how little you know or have forgotten about weapons. They are assault weapons three of them, l do not know if they are legal or not, I do not have one and would never purchase one. I personally do not see the need of that type of weapon, I hint but have every intention in consuming game and not blowing it to bits.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:11 PM

jody (26,624 posts)

20. I was referring to the author of #4. If that's not you, then mea culpa. nt

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:24 PM

Thinkingabout (1,748 posts)

21. I guess that would be me same name.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #21)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:37 PM

Glaug-Eldare (1,018 posts)

22. I think there's some confusion here.

You mentioned assault weapons in a thread about full-autos, so I thought you had mixed the two up.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 03:15 AM

Ashgrey77 (235 posts)

24. Most states don't allow you to hunt big game with .223

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They say it's not powerful enough to reliably kill anything bigger than a deer or a deer itself. But you're a hunter right? So you probably already knew that. Blow it to bits, with a caliber they deem underpowered for said game, hilarious. But like I said, you probably already knew all this. Gotta get those EBR's banned, they so scary.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:48 PM

Recursion (25,486 posts)