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Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
In the "Guns dont kill?" thread you posted an article that defined my Ruger 10/.22 as a military style rifle. I'm pretty sure anyone with any shooting experience at all would get a good chuckle out of that one.
Second, if it exists it should be available to anyone who wants it. And yes that means if my neighbor wants and can afford and can resposably keep a thermonuclear warhead than so be it.
I believe that sooner or later all of our lives will come down to a moment when we will be forced to choose compliance or prison. I would like to keep and bear arms so when this day comes I will have a third option at my disposal.
Why do you think you should force your values onto me?
Originally posted by NJE777
Why do you think you should force your values onto me?
I asked a question, where did I force my values onto you?
Originally posted by Vipassana
The occasional tragedy is worth it in my opinion.
This is the reason why the NRA shuts anyone down every time they try to put a negative light on automatic rifles.
Take away this type of weapon, and you have paved the way for a police state.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
A move to ban, legislate or limit anything is one of offense and puts others (in this case gun owners) in a defensive position. The gun owners are subject to the imposition of values.
The impression I get from the opening post is that you wish to regulate and legislate but rather than come out an impose an outright ban as others have you're trying to pacify with some middle ground resolution.
underhanded pacification and appeasement are what got this nation the 'Assault Weapons Ban' and other infractions of the 2nd Amendment.
Originally posted by jtma508
No, I can't.
Can you possibly imagine the carnage if he had decided to use a shotgun instead?
Originally posted by desert
The best weapons Americans can have are an education, free speech, contacting representatives, and a vote.
To try to keep up with military style force, one would need a personal tank with rounds of ammunition up to a tactical nuke. (I have friends who were waiting for tanks to drive up the highway to take over their town at the Millenium.) Depleted uranium anyone?
The M.O.V.E house was bombed in Philadelphia in 1972, by police.
Originally posted by radardog
... Do not expect elected governments to always be good.
.. Voters only have so much control.
. Hitler was elected.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
I think that the right for militias to keep and bear arms was because it would take way too much time to have a state response or a federal response to an emergency. Remember, people got around by horse and wagon back then.
So, you little group of people is attacked by outlaws... What do you do? The local men get together and are considered a militia. They go after the perps.
We no longer have this situation.