Re: Another Veteran Says Assault Rifles Have No Place in Civilian Population
Posted by:
cYmb4
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Date: June 19, 2016 01:41AM
Sigh... Wrote:
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> Uh no... Wrote:
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> > More Unintended Consequences Wrote:
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> > > npchK Wrote:
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> > > > Fucking idiot Wrote:
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> > > > > OP stated "For 10 years there was a ban
> on
> > > the
> > > > > production, ownership and use of assault
> > > > weapons
> > > > > in the United States until Congress and
> the
> > > > Bush
> > > > > Administration allowed it to lapse when
> it
> > > > sunset
> > > > > and came up for reauthorization in 2004."
> > > > >
> > > > > OP is a shitbird liberal that hasn't a
> clue
> > > > about
> > > > > firearms. For ten years the production of
> > > AR15s
> > > > > was altered. They couldn't have certain
> > > > > combination of grips, stocks, flash
> > > > suppressors,
> > > > > or bayonet lugs together.
> > > > >
> > > > > Firearms manufactures just changed the
> > > > appearance
> > > > > which made the firearm legal under the
> law.
> >
> > > > >
> > > > > The arms people owned were never banned.
> > > AR15s
> > > > > were never banned.
> > > > >
> > > > > Shit like this is why responsible owners
> > hate
> > > > > liberal lying pussies that are looking to
> > use
> > > > this
> > > > > Muslim terrorist attack as a wedge issue
> to
> > > > help
> > > > > Hillary get elected.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fuck yourself.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Exactly. The only thing that it did was to
> > > drive
> > > > up the prices of "pre-ban" guns and spawned
> a
> > > > whole new group of "post-ban" manufacturers.
>
> > > > Which created a huge number of new makers
> of
> > > > parts, and accessories, and builders. The
> > > ironic
> > > > unintended consequence being that
> popularity
> > of
> > > > the AR-15 platform and similar guns, along
> > with
> > > > modern high-capacity pistols, then exploded
> > > into
> > > > tens of millions of new guns and millions
> of
> > > new
> > > > owners of the exact types of weapons they
> > were
> > > > trying to ban. lol
> > >
> > > Thanks. You just made the argument for
> banning
> > all
> > > guns.
> >
> >
> > Uh no. Maybe for why no gun bans will ever
> work.
> >
> > You idiots don't even know how the "ban" even
> > worked. lol
>
> You just don't get it. You morons want to argue
> the fine points of weaponry. The rest of us just
> care that the mass shootings stop. I'm willing to
> concede the use of some guns for hunting and
> self-defense (even though I don't agree with it).
> But for you gun nuts it's all or nothing. In that
> case, I'm for nothing.
Ummm, no dumbass. Let me try to explain it to you...
In order to have any effect and make the "mass shootings stop" (which is very unlikely to happen in any event) you need to address the actual causes in specific ways versus things you just don't like but don't really know anything about. In that regard, details matter.
As a practical example, if you want to ban those nasty old "assault weapons" then you need to understand and define specifically in law what makes it an "assault weapon." The problem that you have is that, despite what you've been told, what you call as "assault weapon" for abstract talking point purposes isn't really much if any different from any other. That's why the previous ban was pointless. It focused on largely meaningless cosmetic features, not on any real distinctions.
Furthermore, most of you don't understand that most all of what you want to do make illegal already is. The problem largely isn't "loopholes" in the law, it's people intentionally breaking the law. It does absolutely no good to pass more laws that the same people are going to avoid.
Also, most of what isn't done now also has some rationale. As an example, why the law falls to people *adjudicated* mentally ill and why mental health records aren't included in background checks. It's not because of "the NRA."
The entire argument essentially breaks down to "I don't like guns. I don't like people who like guns. Guns are bad. Let's ban guns!" That's as deep as it goes. You effectively want guns un-invented and bad people to magically disappear. That's not going to happen. Ever. Sorry.