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Post #174,018
by boxley
9/13/04 8:43:34 PM
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New bogus ban, glad its gone
ban was against military looking weapons not military weapons already banned. A ruger 223 varmit rifle is as deadly as a singleshot bushmaster or mac10/11. AK47 single fire SKS were not even banned. An automatic shotgun at close quarties is horrific compared to a singleshot uzi or galil. If so many people were against it why does almost everyone at work talking about stocking up on 30 round mags before the gummint bans them again?
Will be tootleing down to the next gun show to see what came out of the closets.
thanx.
bill
These miserable swine, having nothing but illusions to live on, marshmallows for the soul in place of good meat, will now stoop to any disgusting level to prevent even those miserable morsels from vanishing into thin air. The country is being destroyed by these stupid, vicious right-wing fanatics, the spiritual brothers of the brownshirts and redstars, collectivists and authoritarians all, who would not know freedom if it bit them on the ass, who spend all their time trying to stamp, bludgeon, and eviscerate the very idea of the individual's right to his own private world. DRL
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Post #174,019
by Another Scott
9/13/04 8:54:36 PM
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New It was bogus.
A report I heard on the radio claimed that the US crime rate dropped over the last 10 years because of the ban. Sheesh. (I think it was actually due to changes in demographics.)

Take the [link|http://www.ont.com/users/kolya/|Banned or Legal?] quiz.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #174,029
by Meerkat
9/13/04 9:51:45 PM
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New Yeah, everyone knows reducing guns always *increases* crime.
And cigarettes are good for you, and doughnuts are a health food.

I don't understand why people would actually want Assault weapons. But then again, I don't really want to know.


Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #174,033
by static
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9/13/04 9:55:55 PM
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New I'm happy for my assault weapons to stay in the PC games.
Best place for them.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #174,037
by Another Scott
9/13/04 10:01:59 PM
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New Now, now.
Let's not fly off the handle. :-)

If someone wanted a gun to commit a crime in the US, they could still get it - very easily - during this ban. As the little quiz indicated, some much more lethal weapons continued to be legal while ones that looked similar were banned.

I suspect the ban (or something similar) will be reinstated within a year.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #174,091
by deSitter
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9/14/04 1:28:18 AM
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New Like other things
Precision manufactured power. Sort of like a fountain pen or a good camera or telescope.

Nutbags will find a way to be nutty. Gun bans have no effect at all. It's propaganda.
-drl
Post #174,144
by bepatient
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9/14/04 9:17:27 AM
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New Make no doubt, though.
...that we will hear on every news program about every shooting involving every one of these weapons.

Also keep in mind that they will conveniently NOT tell you whether the weapon was acquired through legal means.

Criminals can always get these weapons. In fact, most criminals probably don't want these weapons cause the stuff they get is >better< .
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
Post #174,161
by jake123
9/14/04 10:23:28 AM
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New And yet
countries that are sane about public distribution of weapons somehow see a lot fewer people die from them.

Go figger.
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     Assault weapons ban eagerly anticipated - (tuberculosis) - (9) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:46 AM EDT
         bogus ban, glad its gone - (boxley) - (7) - Sept. 13, 2004, 08:43:34 PM EDT
             It was bogus. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2004, 08:54:36 PM EDT
                 Yeah, everyone knows reducing guns always *increases* crime. - (Meerkat) - (5) - Sept. 13, 2004, 09:51:45 PM EDT
                     I'm happy for my assault weapons to stay in the PC games. - (static) - Sept. 13, 2004, 09:55:55 PM EDT
                     Now, now. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 13, 2004, 10:01:59 PM EDT
                     Like other things - (deSitter) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2004, 01:28:18 AM EDT
                         Make no doubt, though. - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2004, 09:17:27 AM EDT
                             And yet - (jake123) - Sept. 14, 2004, 10:23:28 AM EDT
         Irrelevant here - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 13, 2004, 10:01:48 PM EDT

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