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Recursion

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68. Well, a Bushmaster is an assault weapon if it has a bayonet lug or collapseable stock
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:53 AM
Dec 2012

and it's not if it doesn't.

That's not really something people can argue about; that's just what the law said.

I had no idea you knew so much about firearms. Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #1
Some of it is from being down range nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #2
Damn Nadine!!! Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #6
Cool story bro! zappaman Dec 2012 #35
Whatever..We're going to take them away. godai Dec 2012 #3
Actually this distinction between SEMI and FULLY automatic is becoming less & less clear 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #4
Conversion kits are technically illegal nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #8
You make an excellent point. Shooters using full auto waste most of their ammunition. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #10
And with forward grips nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14
No need to. One can learn to bump fire most any semi-automatic rifle Kaleva Dec 2012 #38
So I rest my case 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #46
I'd agree with you there to some extent. Kaleva Dec 2012 #47
But doing that is pointless except for pure show... frostfern Dec 2012 #52
With the lighter rifles with less powerful rounds, one can aim reasonably well. Kaleva Dec 2012 #53
And apparently it wasn't the rifle at ALL. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #5
I want to ask a question simply for information and you appear to know what you are talking about underpants Dec 2012 #7
No, they don't have burst mode nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9
The jamming issue was so bad that the Viet Cong would strip dead American soldiers of everything rhett o rick Dec 2012 #16
I don't mind learning more of that story nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27
I read a great article on it in a newspaper called "Shotgun News", many, many years ago. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #34
Sounds like the army nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #40
In this case the gear was made by the biggest briber. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #41
I don't remember the article but, HubertHeaver Dec 2012 #43
I hadnt heard about the problem with too many rounds. Thanks for the info. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #44
We all are learning something. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #45
I experienced that particular glitch personally. HubertHeaver Dec 2012 #59
Okay thanks underpants Dec 2012 #21
Like German soldiers in 1944 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #26
No, one fire per trigger pull obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #60
Sturmgewehr. Sturmweber sounds like an assault grill. dionysus Dec 2012 #11
An angry grill...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #12
Six burgers per second. nt Codeine Dec 2012 #51
I don't give a damn what kind of gun it was. They all need to be HEAVILY regulated. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #13
It's not what they are called nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19
My dad's family were all pretty much of the opinion that if you couldn't drop a deer with kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #25
And I agree with them nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #28
My father told me the same thing. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #64
Gee, I couldn't wait until some gunbanger came along to teach us all about gun tetminoligy and lore. Whovian Dec 2012 #15
DU has an expert on everything. Robb Dec 2012 #18
you were supposed to put quotes around "expert" there buddy... dionysus Dec 2012 #20
That's it. Robb Dec 2012 #42
oh noes.. teh "iggy"... dionysus Dec 2012 #50
It matters when you are to disarm the arguments. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #23
RIFLE. it is spelled RIFLE.. if you want to pretend to be an expert on firearms stop typing "riffle" dionysus Dec 2012 #29
OMG. I can't help it. I have to leave. DevonRex Dec 2012 #36
..... obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #61
The key line in this reply is of course zappaman Dec 2012 #37
And of course no reply from the OP rl6214 Dec 2012 #74
I think you got this wrong. Nadin is taking apart the arguments of gun nuts. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #73
True, but trof Dec 2012 #17
We already have a ban on fully auto nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #24
The Bushmaster was found in his car. former9thward Dec 2012 #22
I'm for magazine caps. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #30
That would be a good solution nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #33
So, the argument will be that they were killed with a LESS capable weapon, so that implies ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #31
They are always funny nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #32
I don't even like the term "assault weapon" backscatter712 Dec 2012 #48
The term is not ambiguous at all if you know the history nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #49
It is ambiguous though Sgent Dec 2012 #54
Of course since the bodies keep piling up nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #55
I've got an idea Sgent Dec 2012 #57
Because we will have to deal with now monthly mass shootings nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #58
So my 1866 Henry rifle repo is a "assault riffle" oneshooter Dec 2012 #63
It is essentially similar to the 1862-65 models used in the Civil War -- so I guess yes. FarCenter Dec 2012 #65
You are a marvel zappaman Dec 2012 #39
omg obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #62
great point... how many people would be alive JCMach1 Dec 2012 #56
I don't even understand all this. Are semi-automatics used for hunting? That seems to be Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #66
Quite often, yes. X_Digger Dec 2012 #67
Damn. It'll be pert near impossible to severely restrict or ban guns used often in hunting.nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #69
Agreed. It's an uphill climb made harder because.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #71
Yes, what do you think the Bushmaster is? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #70
Umm.. tracers? Are available in the civilian market. X_Digger Dec 2012 #72
Well, a Bushmaster is an assault weapon if it has a bayonet lug or collapseable stock Recursion Dec 2012 #68
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