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In reply to the discussion: The future of armed self-defense? [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. I just got done being badgered by a DU member who exposed me:
Yes, I had to admit that I am against required registration by US citizens of all firearms old and new.
And, I was chastised, I tell you, that I must be ashamed to admit on a Democratic board that I was against mandatory registration, not of new, but of ALL firearms.
WTF is wrong with people?
As to the topic, hell yeah, pump actions rifles will be more reliable over all than autos, same with shotguns, in my experience.
My TEC9j, more than ten years ago, jammed on it's first outing and I sold it. A 12 ga Barretta or Browning semiaiuto, I forget which, jammed too and I swore never again to own one.
Good models, like a 1911, are reliable, but if TPTB decide to outlaw semis, then pumps or levers or other inventions will work just fine.
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I'm not usually a fan of gun confisation, but I might make an exception for that gun.
Travis_0004
Dec 2012
#26
You might do well to remind those badgers that registration at the federal level is illegal.
beevul
Dec 2012
#4
Internal magazines can only be so big before the gun becomes very awkward to handle.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#11
Let us assusme the AR magazine was not removable. Would it become more awkward to handle?
Atypical Liberal
Dec 2012
#14
on an AR, if you pop the back pin and tilt the upper receiver forward,
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#65
I think one ought to assume that there's going to be a limit on detachable magazine capacity also.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#10
Prohibiting the manufacture or importing of such mags will drive up the cost of them every year.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#21
I'm sorry. I think I was unclear. I said "new" technologies when I should've said "old"
roninjedi
Dec 2012
#27
When Australia banned semi-auto rifles, they included pump actions too - same thing will happen
Howzit
Jan 2013
#33
The Australian politicial system must operate differently. In this country, there are going to be
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#52
I think pump-shotguns will get the most attention. No way are they banning pump shotties.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#61