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In reply to the discussion: OK, ban the AR-15, by shape and color. I'm on board. [View all]OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)66. The only thing that makes an "assault weapon" effective as an assault weapon is
that it is a magazine-fed semiauto. You could make a case that the pistol grip makes shouldering & shooting more controllable & pleasant. Everything else that people like to associate with "assault weapon" is pretty much cosmetic/preference.
So if you want to get rid of the characteristics that make an "assault weapon"... you might as well just aim for almost all handguns and most rifles. Good luck trying to pass legislation that rolls back technology nearly 70-90 years. I suppose excluding rimfire from a ban would be OK though
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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