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In reply to the discussion: OK, ban the AR-15, by shape and color. I'm on board. [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)5. I think that the discussion is more about...
restricting high-capacity magazines than about banning any particular weapon (which is a relatively sensible restriction; there's not much legitimate sporting use for a 30-round magazine, let alone 50 or 100). The problem with high-cap mags in .223 rifles is that the relatively low recoil of the round makes it much easier for a shooter to place a relatively high volume of fire on target with reasonable accuracy. This is a useful thing for military and law-enforcement purposes, but one doesn't really see why the average firearms owner needs it.
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So? Why can't we be on them like flypaper? Why can't we be dogging their every step?
calimary
Dec 2012
#69
Well, we don't have 800,000 cops on the street to subsidize the doughnut industry.
rrneck
Dec 2012
#16
Help me out. In what way "don't [you] support much of what NRA leadership does or says?"
morningfog
Dec 2012
#50
I have a multitude of reasons to have a firearms that are not related to self defense.
Indydem
Dec 2012
#30
I'm not concerned with the appearance of the gun. I'm concerned with what comes out of the barrel.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#12
The only thing that makes an "assault weapon" effective as an assault weapon is
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#66