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In reply to the discussion: My Case Against Assault Weapons [View all]Response to Hoyt (Reply #1)
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Sadly, the gun's ability to inflict major damage and destroy internal organs is what attracts yahoos
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#1
I think you have more of an issue with barrel twist and mag capacity then with the gun itself
Kaleva
Jun 2015
#2
A question and some observations: First, how would you pay for them?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#106
Welcome to DU :) Please feel free to repost and continue in GCRA if/when this is locked in GD
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#3
A woman once had two sons. One became a sailor, the other only posted to GCRA.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#93
Wow, you scraped and reposted a cartoon! Is there some "critical mass of ridicule"...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#20
Well then, if you feel like you're doing something useful by reposting them...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#38
You've never seen a Beretta 92? 15 round magazine, factory standard. How about the Glock 17?...
Marengo
Jun 2015
#94
I do. If we banned semi-autos, gun sales would all but dry up. Revolvers just don't excite gun guys.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#16
As usual, time spent with gun banners is always good for a few lulz
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#55
Most states don't allow anything over 5 or so rounds in a rifle while hunting, regardless.
linuxman
Jun 2015
#26
Self-defense is not a sporting event, and imo, there is no moral duty
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#57
It's the "Empathy", "Forced Justification", and "MGAFYGAE/Uncle Ruckus" ploys
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#46
You know how else the story is bullshit? The AF never used a "semi-auto AR-15"
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#88
I am not. The Air Force never had semi-automatic AR-15s. *All* were full-auto
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#105
.223/5.56mm rounds won't penetrate a steel drum full of water while leaving a fist-sized exit hole
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#37
I've seen exit wounds on deer and hogs with 62gr 5.56 and the hole is not that big
aikoaiko
Jun 2015
#17
"I'd give myself the odds against 7 intruders with that gun, actually." Oh, please...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#71
And what if you're sick? Or just unlucky enough to attract enough warm bodies...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#75
The shooting sports sanctioning bodies and most state game departments seem to disagree
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#53
Yes! The Germans, with some of the strictest gun control in Europe, hate the AR-15 SO MUCH!
sir pball
Jun 2015
#54
Pretty much *anyone* can build an AR15, as they are long out of patent
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#59
My point was Germany has no "assault weapons ban", as don't most Continental countries
sir pball
Jun 2015
#60
The Charlie Hebdo shooters got *their* weapons from the trunk of some dude's car
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#65
So far this thread has been a pretty good example of why gun threads are usually limited to the
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#62
"See you in GCRA" Why? The subject can actually be *discussed* at GC&RKBA:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#64
I don't; I prefer vigorous, even heated discussion over crabbed, ever-supicious dogmatism
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#69
Thank you for helping make my point from post #62. If someone wants fight club, then GC&RKBA
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#70
Groupthink and an unwillingness to listen to those who disgaree is a recipe for failure
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#74
And, FWIW, I think his idea has a lot of merit and should be explored in *both* groups
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#78
It was, a week ago. Discussing it there might be a little ...problematic for the GCRA crew, however
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#81
You're asking me to trust guns.com? I'll have to sleep on that. I will get back to you.
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#83
Banning rifles based on how they *look* rather than *function* is absolutely ludicrous.
pablo_marmol
Jun 2015
#72
See reply #62. This part of the discussion is OLD. Been there, done that. NT
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#80
Apparently, it needed to be repeated in order to remind certain parties
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#82
Facts like claiming to be 'certified' on a weapon the Air Force never used:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#89
With my very first read of the OP I had a feeling it might go this way sooner or later.
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#90
Did you know that the military has access to armor-piercing bullets that civilians can't own?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#107