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Originally Posted by jplinville
Those wanting more restrictive gun laws need to know something VERY important to this case, something YOU have quoted more times than I can count in this thread...
The rifle wasn't an AUTOMATIC action rifle...it was a SEMI-AUTOMATIC. You're too damned busy screaming for laws against automatic guns, which have been banned without special licensing since the mid 1930's. The US also has had bans in place on the manufacturing of automatic weapons for public use since the 1980's.
If you're going to say anything more about creating laws for AUTOMATIC weapons, expect to get called a friggin' moron, because it would be proof that you have ABSOLUTELY no idea what the hell you're talking about.
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lets see, whos upset and emotional talking about gun control.
Jplinville
Brian Carlton
Do I see a connection with personality and need for a security blanket here? Did the firearm replace the blankie? Ask yourself that honestly.
If you read back you won't see me screaming, you see me consistently saying that im sick of this kind of rampage crap, and that im sick of the no discussion, no compromise.
Brian won't talk about it, because he doesn't see the point in talking about things that as he sees it, will never happen. Thats the engineer in him he says. Well, apart from his charming way of getting that across, I can see where hes coming from.
You won't talk about because apparently even the idea of such a thing happening around you, or in your circle of people is completely unbelievable because of your force of personality, despite telling us of a crazy kid in your family 300 miles away, and your home defense guns lying around for anyone in the family to use. You've told us many times about your successful application of tough love, and your impressive use of force and size to make a good family point. On a lot of that stuff, we see eye to eye, but not on this.
You are correct, yes, there is a difference between automatic, and semi-automatic weapons. In some of my responses, I have failed to make that distinction for those of us who are nitpickers on name alone.
Let me be clear. I see absolutely no use for any type of weapon being available to the general public that automatically reloads a new round with each pull of the trigger. I see little difference between the level of danger presented to other people from an automatic rifle, and a semi-automatic rifle. In fact, its my opinion that a semi-automatic rifle is more dangerous because it allows aimed, controlled effective shots apart from a spree of bullets from full auto.
Brilliantly demonstrated by this kid in a class room.
Ive already stated my opinion on handguns. Will my kind of gun control come to pass? certainly not, but discussion is certainly worth having. Id be more than happy with compromise in the form of davidmash's proposals. Will you?