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In reply to the discussion: Dear pedantic shits saying it's a Sig Sauer MCX, not an AR-15, and not an assault rifle: FUCK YOU [View all]IronLionZion
(45,884 posts)14. People hunt in Australia, Ireland, and other gun control countries
what they don't have is a problem of mass shootings nearly as widespread as America's. They have shootings, but it is very few and far between.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Australia#National_Firearms_Agreement
Aussies have clear provisions for farmers and sport shooters and other types to have the guns that are used for those activities. The military style weapons are also available for police and military and similar occupations.
Collectors can even purchase ridiculous military weapons as long as they are rendered inoperable.
Their laws were written with an eye towards preventing mass murder.
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Dear pedantic shits saying it's a Sig Sauer MCX, not an AR-15, and not an assault rifle: FUCK YOU [View all]
Bucky
Jun 2016
OP
I just pictured someone hitting someone else with a copy of Settlers of Catan
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#234
After Katrina the government went door to door collecting guns. No one thought
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#220
I saw it at the time and couldn't believe that more of an issue wasn't made of it.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#313
This is why your rights under the 4th and the 14th are being eroded right now.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2016
#145
They can snoop your email, audit your taxes, file a dozen court cases on you... AR15s won't help
Bucky
Jun 2016
#323
Who in his right mind cares about the semantic distinction when a non-assault rifle
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#104
But you seemed to think it important to add that machine guns haven't been sold
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#108
Yes, I'm of the group that wants to ban these weapons on the basis of functionality.
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#111
There is a reason that certain firearms are chosen for these terrorists acts.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#230
There is no distinguishing difference between that AR-15 and XYZ semi-auto rifle with a detachable
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#233
Let's start with magazines and bullet types. Rifles designed to kill humans like tumbling bullets.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#236
You only address the functionality of the hardware. The looks of guns are that way for a purpose,
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#279
This conversation is about trying to solve the problem of mass terrorist shootings.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#278
Wrong. The AR-15 was designed so that the bullet becomes unstable in flight and starts to
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#277
Incorrect, as usual. Consult Rose's "American Rifle:. A Biography" to confirm the myth
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#280
Myth. If the bullet was unstable in flight, it wouldn't be accurate past 50 feet.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#289
That would be incorrect. They do not tumble in flight. That totally throws off their accuracy.
Waldorf
Jun 2016
#294
It wasn't designed for accuracy at 500 meters. It was designed to kill humans.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#316
You seem to get off on telling me I am wrong but not proving it. Medium range isn't 500 yds.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#318
It doesn't use special ammo. The ammo that I shoot thru my AR-15's is the exact same thing
Waldorf
Jun 2016
#290
Could you point me towards any training that is designed to teach how to WOUND?
Thor_MN
Jun 2016
#322
I asked you a question. Where is the military or any shooting training that teaches to wound.
Thor_MN
Jun 2016
#340
AR variants are not less lethal than a full auto assault rifle They are in fact more accurate,
Monk06
Jun 2016
#282
You brought up the distinction between 'Assault rifles' and the semi auto AR so I figured make
Monk06
Jun 2016
#293
LOL. It's always funny when gun lovers act like "assault rife" is some scientific term
RAFisher
Jun 2016
#283
they're "whackers": they sit around the basement hoard and the gun range talking about the minutiae
MisterP
Jun 2016
#15
how does limiting the number of bullets in a cartridge/container, make your gun useless?
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#35
And if you don't turn it in, you'll face "severe" criminal penalties!
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#181
So a double barreled shotgun or lever action rifle would both be illegal.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#179
But why are you only trying to limit those guns, when handguns kill so many more each year?
MadDAsHell
Jun 2016
#185
Gun-humpers have been twisting themselves into knots for years trying to downplay the
Aristus
Jun 2016
#31
And most of them have never had a need for a gun for self protection in the first place
passiveporcupine
Jun 2016
#40
You have a knack with titles. Excellent post too. Every gun yahoo should read this.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#32
+1. Back in the day, to get our first drivers license we had to watch this horrible film of
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#194
Damn, that's sobering. We should regulate how safe those things can be & where they're allowed
Bucky
Jun 2016
#347
How is an assault rifle with a folding stock for ease of smuggling into a crowded space even legal?
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#38
Rachel Maddow did a whole segment about that gun and how the killer managed to get it in the club.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#75
If that's true and the AP is wrong, then we need to increase the minimum gun length
Recursion
Jun 2016
#77
No we do not. It's a stupid law that does no good. It keeps the gun he used legal
Recursion
Jun 2016
#94
That report says right on the first page it does not reflect the views of the Department of Justice.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#213
And that's not surprising if only because the AWB allowed manufacturers to continue selling
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#218
I agree, and that's entirely within Congress's authority to do. It's also completely backwards.
Recursion
Jun 2016
#305
Well...unless you have the power to change it, in point of fact you do.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#57
Not this year. And in any case, I've never seen a single serious proposal to change the defintiion
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#62
You posted it to support your implication that folding stocks don't make it concealable.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#64
The size of the rifle is obvious. It's not a handgun, for pete's sake.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#82
"Gun humpers"? Way to elevate the conversation. What is this, 6th grade?
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#93
Typical. Gun humper gets called a gun humper by posting NRA drivel and gun porn
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#300
It's hardly "porn". The other poster expressed concern that the first picture didn't have the
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#101
Don't you get sick of the predictable, thin skinned path gun huggers take each time someone dares
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#320
While it's overpowered for squirrels, the .223 cartridge is considered a small game round.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#304
Well spoken, sir. Get all of these things out of circulation, or limit the magazine
Francis Booth
Jun 2016
#45
How do you propose to get them out of circulation? Voluntary buyback, or confiscation?
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#51
The government would have to compensate for the value of the magazine, but they
Francis Booth
Jun 2016
#123
The magazines in and of themselves, perhaps there are a billion or so in circulation. But if you add
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#187
No. . .maybe if someone important to these gun humpers like LaPierre and the jerks in Congress died
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#301
Terrible idea. Just get rid of firearms that will fire over one round in a few seconds and no
vkkv
Jun 2016
#244
While most rifles of this particular model are .22 caliber (.223 to be exact), they're also
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#98
I want someone to look the dead victims families in the eye and tell them that. If they
Rex
Jun 2016
#99
When a bomb goes off, it's important to discern what kinds of chemicals the bomb used.
DetlefK
Jun 2016
#120
And the argument they follow with is "which one of those types of guns do you want to
Squinch
Jun 2016
#302
A-fucking-men. These guns are not used to hunt or defend. They are used with alcohol around ....
marble falls
Jun 2016
#126
Ever hear of a bb gun? Absolute hell on a paperplate. Quit buying armored paper plates.
marble falls
Jun 2016
#140
How accurate do need to be with a paper plate? I'ne never needed a second round to put one one ....
marble falls
Jun 2016
#144
Straight out of the NRA handbook titled, "How to Lose Your Humanity So You Can
Squinch
Jun 2016
#303
That is the tactic, get you trapped into arguments about petty details
liberal N proud
Jun 2016
#154
Sigh, I know. I would okay with less tecky language in the law that bans "too many" guns
Bucky
Jun 2016
#196
50 people murdered in 20 minutes. There's zero justification for this, gun nuts. Zero.
Initech
Jun 2016
#174
Assault weapon is correct. Assault rifle is not. You mix the terms in your first paragraph.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#197
A big @#$% you to the gun huggers and their moist chit chat about @#$% no one else cares about.
Scurrilous
Jun 2016
#208
I guess it's an option to tell people 'FUCK YOU!" when you don't have your own facts straight
Bonx
Jun 2016
#243
There will always exist the half-wit who pretends that nothing can be done
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#246