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2008-10-14 16:42:49
BVC
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I'd love a good assault rifle or machinegun.  Imagine taking a browning .50cal rabbit hunting - BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM - no more rabbit problem!

Seriously, I admire the US's liberal stance on guns, and when I visit one day I'll be sure to spend a day at a gun range with something that can take more than 7 rounds at a time.
2008-10-14 23:40:01
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,072|7190|PNW

TheAussieReaper wrote:

mcjagdflieger wrote:

because they "belong on a battlefield, not on our streets"
You disagree with this comment?
My rifle is usually in the safe, at the workshop, locked in a box in the truck or being used at the range. So far, it's never actually been 'on our streets.'

Braddock wrote:

It is pretty stupid. They would need to ban all private gun ownership or at least introduce serious regulations and controls on who gets weapons to have any meaningful impact on crime statistics in the US.

...but at the end of the day, what the fuck do you want an assault rifle for?
Another tidbit of info is that most gun owners have semi-auto replicas of assault rifles. The press still calls them assault rifles (which, to be fair, was what the '94 AWB called them), which confuses things a lot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_ri … ic_weapons
2008-10-15 00:20:38
rdx-fx
...
+955|7010

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I still don't understand why anyone would want an Assault Weapon.

To clumsy in CQC so home-defence is right out. To big to be carried around. And they take all the skill out of hunting.

So the only reason you would pwn one, is for the sake of pwning one.
See, you're missing an important bit of history there.

The original assault weapons were designed to be a compromise between the large, long, heavy battle rifles (Mauser 98) and the submachine guns (firing pistol caliber rounds).  The exact design purpose for the original Assault Rifles was CQC in towns, city streets, buildings.  They were designed to be shorter and easier to maneuver, like a SMG - but with nearly the same power as a full-sized rifle (what most video gamers would consider a 'sniper rifle' now).

In an easy to read format, I give to you the original Assault Rifle.  The direct predecessor of the AK-47, the MP5, the G3, the FAL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44 
Ladies and Smacktards, the Stg44









Now, regarding what a bunch of half informed European socialist kids think about my 2nd Amendment rights, I could give 2 shits less...
2008-10-15 00:31:24
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|7019|132 and Bush

I've been mastering my kung few. I am an assault weapon.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
2008-10-15 04:01:07
seymorebutts443
Ready for combat
+211|7013|Belchertown Massachusetts, USA
I don't think the US government should be worried about the guns themselves, those aren't the real issue. Its the people that own them or are near them. They should focus more on gun storage and safety. People should have the right to own an "assault weapon" as long as they can store it in a locked area where no one else but the owner can get at it.
Their logic behind the bans is that it reduces crime, well as long as the world population increases so wont crime. As long as our economy keeps declining so wont crime. Instead of focusing time and money on banning the weapons, they should focus time and money on the issues that cause crime. Crime is the underlying factor here, now since controlling the worlds population is out of the question, shouldn't they focus on the economy and our 10 trillion dollar debt? If the economy starts to be repaired and things return (more or less) to normal then people will be relieved, some crime will go down (some, not all). There still will be gang shootings, always has always will. There still will be armed robberies, there still will be homicides. Its just how things go nowadays. Think of it this way, when prohibition started way back in the 1920s it was easier than ever to get cheap alcohol (cheap but not safer). Its the same thing with guns, most of these homicides and shootings that occur with "assault weapons" and other firearms, occur with weapons NOT purchased from a legitimate firearms retailer, they're purchased from gun runners on the streets of cities and on the borders.

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2008-10-15 07:26:10
RAIMIUS
You with the face!
+244|7133|US
Quote time...

"... Let me make a short, opening, blanket comment. There are no good guns. There are no bad guns. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody – except bad people. ..." Charlton Heston, 18 May 1997

VERSUS

"I don't care about crime. I just want to get the guns."
~ Former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, D-OH during Brady Bill debates.

Assault weapons... are a new topic. 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.
Josh Sugarmann
"Assault Weapons: Analysis, New Research and Legislation"
1989-03-00

In fact, the assault weapons ban will have no significant effect either on the crime rate or on personal security...Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic -- purely symbolic -- move in that direction. Its only real justification is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.
Charles Krauthammer
Disarm the Citizenry, But Not Yet Washington Post, p. A19
1996-04-05

[P]eople who like assault weapons, they should join the United States Army; we have them.
Wesley Clark
CNN Crossfire, 2003-06-25
General

Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State.
Heinrich Himmler
2008-10-15 08:10:05
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6709|Éire

rdx-fx wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I still don't understand why anyone would want an Assault Weapon.

To clumsy in CQC so home-defence is right out. To big to be carried around. And they take all the skill out of hunting.

So the only reason you would pwn one, is for the sake of pwning one.
See, you're missing an important bit of history there.

The original assault weapons were designed to be a compromise between the large, long, heavy battle rifles (Mauser 98) and the submachine guns (firing pistol caliber rounds).  The exact design purpose for the original Assault Rifles was CQC in towns, city streets, buildings.  They were designed to be shorter and easier to maneuver, like a SMG - but with nearly the same power as a full-sized rifle (what most video gamers would consider a 'sniper rifle' now).

In an easy to read format, I give to you the original Assault Rifle.  The direct predecessor of the AK-47, the MP5, the G3, the FAL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44 
Ladies and Smacktards, the Stg44









Now, regarding what a bunch of half informed European socialist kids think about my 2nd Amendment rights, I could give 2 shits less...
Exactly... you lot like everyone in society to have the ability to completely shoot the fuck out of each other with heavy duty firepower while we here in Europe prefer not to have that 'freedom'... no point trying to convince each other otherwise.

You lot should just go the whole hog and develop domestic nuclear weapons... in fact I'd say it's an infringement on your civil liberties that you don't have the right already!
2008-10-15 08:11:54
Parker
isteal
+1,452|6813|The Gem Saloon

Braddock wrote:

Exactly... you lot like everyone in society to have the ability to completely shoot the fuck out of each other with heavy duty firepower while we here in Europe prefer not to have that 'freedom'... no point trying to convince each other otherwise.

You lot should just go the whole hog and develop domestic nuclear weapons... in fact I'd say it's an infringement on your civil liberties that you don't have the right already!
go shoot a gun sometime...if you can.
you might see why we like them.
2008-10-15 08:13:36
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6709|Éire

Parker wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Exactly... you lot like everyone in society to have the ability to completely shoot the fuck out of each other with heavy duty firepower while we here in Europe prefer not to have that 'freedom'... no point trying to convince each other otherwise.

You lot should just go the whole hog and develop domestic nuclear weapons... in fact I'd say it's an infringement on your civil liberties that you don't have the right already!
go shoot a gun sometime...if you can.
you might see why we like them.
I'd say it's great craic... that's what gun ranges are for.
2008-10-15 08:17:25
Parker
isteal
+1,452|6813|The Gem Saloon

Braddock wrote:

Parker wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Exactly... you lot like everyone in society to have the ability to completely shoot the fuck out of each other with heavy duty firepower while we here in Europe prefer not to have that 'freedom'... no point trying to convince each other otherwise.

You lot should just go the whole hog and develop domestic nuclear weapons... in fact I'd say it's an infringement on your civil liberties that you don't have the right already!
go shoot a gun sometime...if you can.
you might see why we like them.
I'd say it's great craic... that's what gun ranges are for.
so whats the problem if i shoot an AR at the range instead of a .22?

i guarantee you that i am just as effective with a .22 as i am with an AR.
2008-10-15 08:17:36
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6887
I'm going out and buying a Mk.19
2008-10-15 08:27:08
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6709|Éire

Parker wrote:

Braddock wrote:

Parker wrote:


go shoot a gun sometime...if you can.
you might see why we like them.
I'd say it's great craic... that's what gun ranges are for.
so whats the problem if i shoot an AR at the range instead of a .22?

i guarantee you that i am just as effective with a .22 as i am with an AR.
They should have gun ranges that operate similarly to Laserquest centres... but at the end of the night all the guns go in the centre's safe.
2008-10-15 08:36:50
Parker
isteal
+1,452|6813|The Gem Saloon

Braddock wrote:

Parker wrote:

Braddock wrote:


I'd say it's great craic... that's what gun ranges are for.
so whats the problem if i shoot an AR at the range instead of a .22?

i guarantee you that i am just as effective with a .22 as i am with an AR.
They should have gun ranges that operate similarly to Laserquest centres... but at the end of the night all the guns go in the centre's safe.
like the safe i have in my house....or the locked gun cases i transport my firearms in.

glad we agree.
2008-10-15 09:29:01
usmarine
Banned
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usmarine wrote:

obama voted for shotguns to be considered assault weapons lulz
maybe if i replaced obama with palin i could make a separate thread?  yep, bet i could.
2008-10-15 10:29:37
13rin
Member
+977|6898

usmarine wrote:

usmarine wrote:

obama voted for shotguns to be considered assault weapons lulz
maybe if i replaced obama with palin i could make a separate thread?  yep, bet i could.
O"bah"ma's gun stance.

Obama voted to ban hundreds of rifles and shotguns commonly used for hunting and sport shooting
Illinois Senate, SB 1195, 3/13/03

Obama endorsed a ban on all handguns
Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct Organization general candidate questionnaire, 9/9/96
Politico, 03/31/08.

Obama voted to allow the prosecution of people who use a firearm for self-defense in their homes
Illinois Senate, S.B. 2165, vote 20, 3/25/04

Obama supported increasing taxes on firearms and ammunition by 500 percent
Chicago Defender, 12/13/99

Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting
United States Senate, S. 397, vote 217, 7/29/05

Obama opposes Right-to-Carry laws
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/2/08, Chicago Tribune, 9/15/04
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
2008-10-15 12:22:28
west-phoenix-az
Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does
+632|6808

DBBrinson1 wrote:

O"bah"ma's gun stance.

Obama voted to ban hundreds of rifles and shotguns commonly used for hunting and sport shooting
Illinois Senate, SB 1195, 3/13/03

Obama endorsed a ban on all handguns
Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct Organization general candidate questionnaire, 9/9/96
Politico, 03/31/08.

Obama voted to allow the prosecution of people who use a firearm for self-defense in their homes
Illinois Senate, S.B. 2165, vote 20, 3/25/04

Obama supported increasing taxes on firearms and ammunition by 500 percent
Chicago Defender, 12/13/99

Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting
United States Senate, S. 397, vote 217, 7/29/05

Obama opposes Right-to-Carry laws
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/2/08, Chicago Tribune, 9/15/04
but yet his guards carry firearms

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2008-10-15 12:26:38
jord
Member
+2,382|7097|The North, beyond the wall.

rdx-fx wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I still don't understand why anyone would want an Assault Weapon.

To clumsy in CQC so home-defence is right out. To big to be carried around. And they take all the skill out of hunting.

So the only reason you would pwn one, is for the sake of pwning one.
See, you're missing an important bit of history there.

The original assault weapons were designed to be a compromise between the large, long, heavy battle rifles (Mauser 98) and the submachine guns (firing pistol caliber rounds).  The exact design purpose for the original Assault Rifles was CQC in towns, city streets, buildings.  They were designed to be shorter and easier to maneuver, like a SMG - but with nearly the same power as a full-sized rifle (what most video gamers would consider a 'sniper rifle' now).

In an easy to read format, I give to you the original Assault Rifle.  The direct predecessor of the AK-47, the MP5, the G3, the FAL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmgewehr_44 
Ladies and Smacktards, the Stg44









Now, regarding what a bunch of half informed European socialist kids think about my 2nd Amendment rights, I could give 2 shits less...
Roid rage. And German's/Nazi's are bad.
2008-10-15 12:27:54
SamTheMan:D
Banned
+856|6393|England

come on xfire mate
2008-10-15 13:19:13
IRONCHEF
Member
+385|6909|Northern California

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Could you define 'assault weapons' for me?
Hence the problem.. However the recent ruling in the Supreme Court (with respect to the DC gun ban) was huge.  It will be really tough for "Bah"ma to take mah guns.
Yep, but apparently Obama will kill the SCOTUS judges and implant them all with 9 copies of Hillary and then he'll boot Heller and take all our guns....then, and only then will our 2A gun rights come in handy.

Oh, and I'm still voting for Obama...because yep, Heller will likely prevent any real ground with a new AWB.

Also, for those who think the 2A gives you the right to have guns, it doesn't.  The 2A is a protection of an inalienable right that you are born with when you are a member of this country.  Why the anti-s can't figure that out is beyond me.  And as for the "hunting/sporting" weapon protection some dems and some reps think is a good compromise on "safe" or "ok" guns to have, they too need a serious ass rape because they all fail at understanding the basic...fundamental....common sense RIGHT, in it's purest form, that an American has the right to have guns AND bear them.  OC and CCW should therefore be completely "shall issue" nationwide, and any common firearm used by our military should likewise be available and owned by joe citizen.

But I will stop here because it doesn't matter how many times you say it...it doesn't register.  This is a day and age where if minds are already made up...they...are made up! yeah..k,bye.
2008-10-15 13:49:49
13rin
Member
+977|6898

IRONCHEF wrote:

DBBrinson1 wrote:

Pierre wrote:

Could you define 'assault weapons' for me?
Hence the problem.. However the recent ruling in the Supreme Court (with respect to the DC gun ban) was huge.  It will be really tough for "Bah"ma to take mah guns.
Yep, but apparently Obama will kill the SCOTUS judges and implant them all with 9 copies of Hillary and then he'll boot Heller and take all our guns....then, and only then will our 2A gun rights come in handy.

Oh, and I'm still voting for Obama...because yep, Heller will likely prevent any real ground with a new AWB.

Also, for those who think the 2A gives you the right to have guns, it doesn't.  The 2A is a protection of an inalienable right that you are born with when you are a member of this country.  Why the anti-s can't figure that out is beyond me.  And as for the "hunting/sporting" weapon protection some dems and some reps think is a good compromise on "safe" or "ok" guns to have, they too need a serious ass rape because they all fail at understanding the basic...fundamental....common sense RIGHT, in it's purest form, that an American has the right to have guns AND bear them.  OC and CCW should therefore be completely "shall issue" nationwide, and any common firearm used by our military should likewise be available and owned by joe citizen.

But I will stop here because it doesn't matter how many times you say it...it doesn't register.  This is a day and age where if minds are already made up...they...are made up! yeah..k,bye.
I seriously wouldn't vote for someone knowing their radical belifs but ignoring them because you beleive someone else will stop them from attempting to carry out their plan.

Granted I don't think he could take the guns away, but with Pelosi and the majority they have.... They'd make it so that only elitists like themselves could afford to own one.

Obama is just too socialist for me.  Check out the Plumber who had the misfortune of meeting Obama.  When Obama's guard is down he shows his true socialist colors.  It's friggin' scary.

I highlighted my favorite part of your post.

I don't agree with the last part of your post.  Just look how fast Obama changes his mind...
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
2008-10-15 13:54:41
Pug
UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate
+652|6960|Texas - Bigger than France
Yep, "Change"

But the positive is that at least he won't be handcuffed by promises.
2008-10-15 14:05:42
13rin
Member
+977|6898

Pug wrote:

Yep, "Change"

But the positive is that at least he won't be handcuffed by promises.
HA.  One day America will wake up and realize they were duped by the moveiton.org crowd and media and voted in a person that stands for nothing he promised.  I hope it isn't too late by then.  I'm starting to consider the survivalist stuff ATG is posting...
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.
2008-10-15 14:06:32
RAIMIUS
You with the face!
+244|7133|US

Braddock wrote:

They should have gun ranges that operate similarly to Laserquest centres... but at the end of the night all the guns go in the centre's safe.
Real mature and productive addition to the thread, mate. /sarcasm

Perhaps you might sway some opinions (or come to an understanding) if you didn't try to insult and ridicule the beliefs of others.

If I called you a "eurotrash commie" and told you to go get stabbed (since you can't defend yourself), do you really think that would help?...are you sure?  In that case, please don't do the same to others!
2008-10-15 14:13:59
Pierre
I hunt criminals down for a living
+68|7094|Belgium

Braddock wrote:

Exactly... you lot like everyone in society to have the ability to completely shoot the fuck out of each other with heavy duty firepower while we here in Europe prefer not to have that 'freedom'... no point trying to convince each other otherwise.
Brad, I have to disagree here. Europeans don't "prefer not to have that 'freedom'", we have little choice : (1) since we don't have a history of widespreaded guns as in the US and we don't share that culture, there is no wide and open demand for guns, and (2) we are told by our Govt that we can not have weapons except on certain conditions.

People in the US have a different culture and history of gunownership than we have.  However I don't believe for a second that people in Europe have no guns, at the contrary, I believe that there might be he same number of guns going around here as in the US, be it more hidden, e.g. bought when registration wasn't requested and kept in the closet when the legislation changed. In my country it's that way anyway.

I remember when i bought my Benelli M1 i needed a license, but the shopowner offered me the civil version with long barrel (no license needed) and a seperately sold short barrel (no license needed for a barrel). So you can imagine how many people own guns that are not registered.

I own two guns, both registered according to the law, and I would like to keep them. However, in 2006 on a sunny morning some 18yo mofo went into a gunshop in Antwerp, dressed in black, combatboots and long black overcoat and with his head shaved, bought a Winchester Marlin 30.30 (no license needed) and went on a shooting spree killing a woman and a small child and wounding another woman before getting shot by police. As a result the laws changed again, so by the end of this month I'll have to give up my guns, unless I register them for sport, hunting or selfdefense. And can you guess how many people registered their unregistered weapons? Not many.
2008-10-15 14:14:59
13rin
Member
+977|6898

RAIMIUS wrote:

Braddock wrote:

They should have gun ranges that operate similarly to Laserquest centres... but at the end of the night all the guns go in the centre's safe.
Real mature and productive addition to the thread, mate. /sarcasm

Perhaps you might sway some opinions (or come to an understanding) if you didn't try to insult and ridicule the beliefs of others.

If I called you a "eurotrash commie" and told you to go get stabbed (since you can't defend yourself), do you really think that would help?...are you sure?  In that case, please don't do the same to others!
My brother got banned for life from a "lasertag" place.  He knocked down a wall and went CQC..... He used the butt of the laser rifle to some poor kid's head and then shot him after it knocked him down.  The lights came one and he got the ban hammer.... good times..  What was your post about again?
I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something.  - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

 

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