a) it's just cosmetics? the example I gave, the photo I posted, is a semi-auto carbine M4. Sold by Colt. You know Colt right? The company that makes the M4s your army uses? They even brag in the sales blurb about how it boasts the features of its 'military brother the M4'.Bocefish said:Jupiter551 said:Btw, if it's so laughable that banning the 'evil black rifles' will do anything, just let them go ahead with the ban, then laugh. I fucking love how the pro-gun lobby claims "assault weapons" are no different than normal hunting rifles except cosmetically, but absolutely refuses to just use these (apparently identical) normal hunting rifles. Is it a colour-coordination issue? Because I'm sure you could paint some camo on that woodgrain.
Blah, blah, blah Feinstein's so-called list a joke and proves she is a clueless idiot. Oh, it's an assault weapon because it has a pistol grip or heaven forbid a bayonet mount... Gimme a friggin' break! It is just cosmetics.
Nordling said:You are correct. It has nothing to do with hunting. I also has nothing to do with individual's possessing firearms.
It has to do with the right of the states to arm their militias (national guard).
Bocefish said:Nordling said:You are correct. It has nothing to do with hunting. I also has nothing to do with individual's possessing firearms.
It has to do with the right of the states to arm their militias (national guard).
It has nothing to do with an individual possessing firearms? :lol:
What part of the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed do you not understand?
Even this buffoon understands that much.
Oh look. A less edited version including Biden telling Philip DeFranco to buy a shotgun.Bocefish said:Even this buffoon understands that much.
Nordling said:You are correct. It has nothing to do with hunting. I also has nothing to do with individual's possessing firearms.
It has to do with the right of the states to arm their militias (national guard).
http://www.dailypaul.com/268567/austral ... law-updateFrom: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Hi all, I thought you all would like to see the real figures from Down Under.
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, so the criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
Shaun__ said:Why don't second amendment champions ever seem to care about the first, forth, fifth, or sixth amendments? Those seem to be under constant attack, but all those people yelling about their rights never seem to care. Their guns do not seem to do a whole lot if they are in danger of waking up one day in a holding cell with no right to a trial.
Bocefish said:Posted that already on the last page (6). Pay attention to details dammit, lol :-D
http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/ausguns.asp
:lol:Seattle Gun Buy Back Gets JACKED! Turns Into a Damn Gun Show! LOL
People that had arrived to trade in their weapons for $100 or $200 BuyBack gift cards($100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and $200 for assault weapons) soon realized that gun collectors were there and paying top dollar for collectible firearms. So, as the line for the chump cards got longer and longer people began to jump ship and head over to the dealers.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/25/ ... un-makers/The mayor is urging that banks to stop lines of credit, financing for acquisitions and expansions and financial advising.
In a letter sent Friday to the CEOs of Bank Of America and TD Bank, Emanuel said: “In the past, the gun industry has stood in opposition to these safety measures. They opposed a ban on assault weapons on America’s streets, opposed a ban on military-style clips, opposed a criminal background check on all gun purchases and opposed any effort to crack down on criminal gun traffickers.”
In the letter, Emanuel says TD Bank offers a $60 million line of credit to Smith & Wesson, which produces the AR-15. That is the weapon used by James Holmes in the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre that killed 12 people. Emanuel wrote.
Emanuel told CEO Bharat Masrani “to use your influence to push this company to find common ground” on an assault weapons ban and gun background checks.
In a separate letter, Emanuel urged Bank Of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan to do the same thing with Sturm, Ruger & Co., which has a $25 million line of credit with the bank.
“Collectively we can send a clear and unambiguous message to the entire gun industry that investors will no longer financially support companies that support gun violence,” Emanuel wrote.
Last week, Emanuel ordered a portfolio analysis from the five pension and retirement funds for Chicago employees to determine if fund managers hold financial interests in companies that manufacture or sell assault weapons.
This week, the Chicago Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund (MEABF) board voted to divest more than $1 million from three companies that manufacture assault weapons – Freedom Group, Smith and Wesson and Sturm Ruger.
Jupiter551 said:oh and just because you guys are angry and unreasonable let me take this opportunity to rub your nose in the fact that since the majority of your countrymen support the gun regulation that's been suggested, and because the NRA proved in the last election that their supposed political power is a complete joke, you WILL have stricter gun controls and I'm sure Obama will enjoy the salty richness of your angry tears.
Bocefish said:LMFAO here... :lol:
CarolinaCutie said:Bocefish said:LMFAO here... :lol:
I'm genuinely not trying to be funny. I mean, what kind of a man not only refuses to arm himself in defense of himself, his family, his country or his property, but rallies against it? The ancient Spartans had a word for such a person. They called them "women".
Mirra said:Could we please stop with the personal attacks ON BOTH SIDES? That would be fabulous. Debate the issue, discuss the issue, or just play with yourself if you want , but let's at least pretend we're not so childish as to resort to this kind of bickering and try to get along.
CarolinaCutie said:The U.S government is somehow above this? They weren't above it in the 60s when they turned guns and dogs on black citizens. They weren't above it in the 40s when they interned Japanese Americans in concentration camps simply for being ethnically Japanese. They weren't above it in the 1860s when posse comitatus was suspended and tens of thousands of Americans were murdered by federal troops. They don't seem to be above it now, seeing how American citizens and their children are being murdered in drone strikes or indefinitely detained without due process or so much as a warrant.