Comments on: Media myths on “assault rifles” and “semi-automatic firearms”

By: cozmo

cozmo — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:00:34 +0000

Give some to the ones you love for Christmas!

juliesa on December 17, 2012 at 4:34 PM

I did. They came with guns too.

By: MoreLiberty

MoreLiberty — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:57:16 +0000

IIRC, the legal definition of a machine gun that the BATF uses for regulatory purposes is if it fires more than one bullet with a single squeeze of the trigger or if it fires from an open bolt. So technically a select-fire M-16, BAR, or Kalashnikov is an assault rifle, but by their legal definition it’s a machine gun.
Walter Sobchak on December 17, 2012 at 4:30 PM

I’m talking about the definition via the military, the BATF also claims that weapons that CAN be converted to fully auto is a machine gun. Loose definitions that entangle large quantities of firearms benefit the BATF goons. A pistol that malfunctions and fires auto is not a machine gun, I don’t care what they say. Ill stick with the definition used by professionals that actually know about machine guns.

By: soundingboard

soundingboard — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:49:05 +0000

Lest anyone think these “myths” are accidental.

Josh Sugarmann:
The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons—anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun—can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons.

The “confusion is deliberate.

By: juliesa

juliesa — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:34:47 +0000

Don’t worry, this ban will work as well as other gun bans.

cptacek on December 17, 2012 at 4:25 PM

I’m almost of a mind to let them put in the old AWB, which they all think worked, but didn’t. It would make them STFU for awhile and then we could go about our business as usual.

In any case, I think it’s a good idea to stock up on mags right now, if you haven’t already (I haven’t). Give some to the ones you love for Christmas!

By: LincolntheHun

LincolntheHun — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:30:38 +0000

I really wish people who want to ban things would learn some facts about what they want to ban.

juliesa on December 17, 2012 at 4:26 PM

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Next you’re going to expect people to make informed choices.
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And live within thier means.
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Just crazy talk.

By: Walter Sobchak

Walter Sobchak — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:30:09 +0000

MoreLiberty on December 17, 2012 at 1:55 PM

IIRC, the legal definition of a machine gun that the BATF uses for regulatory purposes is if it fires more than one bullet with a single squeeze of the trigger or if it fires from an open bolt. So technically a select-fire M-16, BAR, or Kalashnikov is an assault rifle, but by their legal definition it’s a machine gun.

By: juliesa

juliesa — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:26:07 +0000

If you read lefty threads there are folks calling for ALL semi-auto guns to be banned. That would knock out the shotgun I was given by Mom for quail and dove hunting, and also our old Ruger .22 kiddie trainer.

I really wish people who want to ban things would learn some facts about what they want to ban.

By: cptacek

cptacek — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:25:19 +0000

If they are banning ‘cool looking’ guns, then obviously the sideways shot must go as well.

But I don’t want the bad guy to shoot accurately.

CurtZHP on December 17, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Don’t worry, this ban will work as well as other gun bans.

By: DAT60A3

DAT60A3 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:23:25 +0000

They should outlaw shooting a pistol sideways.

cptacek on December 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM
But I don’t want the bad guy to shoot accurately.

CurtZHP on December 17, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Besides, it is funny when that hot brass casing flies up and hits the guy in the forehead rather than be ejected off to the side.

By: CurtZHP

CurtZHP — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:16:01 +0000

They should outlaw shooting a pistol sideways.

cptacek on December 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM

But I don’t want the bad guy to shoot accurately.