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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - What to Do: A Post on Gun Laws That Will Piss Off Guntards [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)106. They did not ban machine guns - they are perfectly legal for private citizens to own
They are just heavily taxed. The federal government also banned the import of new weapons - which is definitely a federal power. Machine guns are not illegal, merely rare and expensive.
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The Rude Pundit - What to Do: A Post on Gun Laws That Will Piss Off Guntards [View all]
meegbear
Dec 2012
OP
Hollow point ammunition is safer than "ball" or Cu plated round point ammunition. Why do you
bluerum
Dec 2012
#2
Because the "guntards" use them to expand in their targets. They don't give a shit about bystanders.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#6
Like I said, it's time to quit coddling those who think their need to hug a bunch of guns is more
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#12
Look, you have people starting arguments in restaraunts and then ending them with a concealed gun
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#32
They did not ban machine guns - they are perfectly legal for private citizens to own
hack89
Dec 2012
#106
Give us a break. You are just another gun cultist trying to deflect blame from your "hobby."
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#14
I agree, this is a term demeaning to people with developmental disabilities,
thucythucy
Dec 2012
#101
I love this! But knowing the mentality of the bad guys, that bumper sticker on your car
calimary
Dec 2012
#103
If you let the NRA speak for you that's how others are going to think of you
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#35
We have ways to deal with people who don't "cooperate with new regulations"
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2012
#42
If their position is unreasonable then they appear more and more unhinged the harder they fight
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#48
NOT TODAY , NOT EVER --> "the NRA and right wingers are the only ones that sound like "
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#104
Today, the NRA sounded like deranged moronic selfish assholes. So there's that.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#107
True, but only because gunsters will always push the envelop to satisfy their need
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#99
Too much potential for fraud with online sales and online registration. I work for the state and
Erose999
Dec 2012
#54
If the banks can figure out how to pass finanancial credentials, this is a solveable problem.
Atypical Liberal
Dec 2012
#58
I've had 2 instances of fraud on my bank account in the past year. Nothing online is secure. Nothing
Erose999
Dec 2012
#112
But the Second Amendment grants the right to bear arms in order to insure we have a militia.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#93
Hey, I bought sake from a sidewalk vending machine in Tokyo in the wee hours of the morning
DollarBillHines
Dec 2012
#51
No problem. It's cheap, and you will probably get it as part of your NRA membership.
Atypical Liberal
Dec 2012
#77
If your gun is stolen/missing and it can be shown you were not reasonably prudent
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#85
Good ideas, rude guy, but they still won't get us to Japan's low level of gun deaths
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#75
As I said, 'Japan's low level of gun deaths'. Gun-murder is the lazy man's way of death.
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#83
People don't have a constitutional right to own a bat. Guns are oh-so-special
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#88