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The Clinton gun ban has expired!
nighthawk2099:
--- Quote from: abrannan on September 13, 2004, 03:27:12 pm ---Why? You going to prison in three months or something?
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I think he was suggesting that there is the possibility that if John Kerry becomes president, he will put in place all the Gun Bans that the Democrates have been holding on to for the past 4 years.
I already have 2 on order, waiting for the 5 day cooling off period... (I live the communist state of Maryland).... Any gun law that was past in the last 10 years, started as a State law in Maryland...
Wow, guns and arcades..... I'm really happy now..... (firing guns into air....) ;D
Remember, gun laws only hurt law abiding citizens. Bad guys don't care about laws, that why they are bad guys.....
Darkstalker:
WHat I feel bad for are police officers. Now what was once a routine stop has the potential to be much more dangerous. You have the potential for people to buy Tek-9s, which are very small semi weapons using very common ammunition (9mm).
I really don't see a need for the common public needing access to these weapons. SWAT teams can't use them without an executive order, but the people they are trying to stop only have 3-day waiting periods....
namzep:
I have not seen a single good reason that anyone could need an assault weapon. Handguns? Sure. Shotguns? Why not. But, an assault weapon makes no sense. It takes away what little sport there is from hunting (not a big fan of hunting). Unless you could sell the guns but refuse to sell the ammo/clips for such guns. Then, collectors could collect them but they wouldn't be fireable.
Setabs:
--- Quote from: Darkstalker on September 13, 2004, 05:14:36 pm ---WHat I feel bad for are police officers. Now what was once a routine stop has the potential to be much more dangerous. You have the potential for people to buy Tek-9s, which are very small semi weapons using very common ammunition (9mm).
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You say this as if ban actually made a difference. Only like 4% of people killed by guns in the U.S. are from the so called assault weapons. It has dropped to around 2%, but not because they aren't available.
Go to a gun show you'll see ak's, M-16's and almost every gun banned there. All the ban did was stop the sale and manufacturing of new assault weapons, I think there were 16 total. It also prohibited the functionality of the weapon, you could only have one of these items on the gun. Pistol grip, Folding stock, threaded barrel for suppressor's, large capacity magazines and probably one or two other things.
One of the reasons for the drop in death could be related to the supply and demand. Since the ban went into effect the demand by gun collectors and criminals has made the price of the gun go up. So some psycho looking for a gun, to acctualy use on someone, might settle on something more his price range.
Anyway, yes there is no real need for these semi-automatic weapons. But they are fun to shoot.
side note, anyone shoot an ak-47? Did it feel like it was about to fall apart?
namzep,
I am not positive but i believe alot of guns use the same ammo, like a tec-9 and a 9mm use a 9mm bullet so i don't see that as ever being possible.
Tailgunner:
Top of my list is a new 50 round drum mag for my Thompson SMG. :D
The only good thing that came out of the assault weapons ban is passing it cost the Dems control of Congress, and ultimately the presidency. I think Kerry has screwed up by attacking Bush for letting it sunset. I voted for Bush last time around specifically to make sure that it did so, and all in all I haven't been too thrilled with him as a pres otherwise. I'd likely have sat the coming election out had Kerry kept his mouth shut about the ban, but since he made an issue of it I'm inclined to vote against him on principle.
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