Military or military style guns have no place in the hands of the general public. We will get evidence on Tuesday how serious the American people are about solving their gun violence problem.
I’ll agree with that – I’ve lived in places where the deer overpopulate and cause accidents because they weren’t hunted. I just think you shouldn’t use a weapon that can fire too quickly or an ammunition that can go through a deer to hit something on the other side. A bullet can travel quite a far distance before it loses its kinetic energy and capability of killing someone.
You conservatives are a bit out of date on this one. There’s been a huge decline in deer populations in the past five years, probably from loss of habitat from increased oil exploration. (Yes, increased oil exploration, under Obama. Get over it.) Hunting deer with assault weapons is exactly as “sportsmanlike” as fishing with dynamite.
By reading these comments it is really apparent that 90% of the people know nothing about firearms or the balisticts of the cal.223 which is what most AR style rifles shoot. Non shooters jump to knee jerk reactions without any first hand knowledge of the subject and no desire to educate themselfs.
As a person who is not a gun enthusiast, I recognize that I don’t know all about guns, and their parts and capabilities.
As a musician, I know how to make a band sound better or much worse by knowing which knobs to turn on the sound board.
If the band sounds bad, it doesn’t matter to the audience if I haven’t set the high midrange correctly or if I pressed the “suck” button. It still sounds bad.
My point is that you don’t have to know everything about guns to know that some of them shoot with greater velocity than others. Some blow bigger holes than others. And on and on. If the damage it can cause in the wrong hands is more than is needed by people who know what they’re doing, I believe it may not be necessary for everyone to be able to buy.
No matter how eloquently or poorly stated, I think that’s the point of many posters. Can gun enthusiasts be willing to accept that? I’m willing to let the people who know guns decide which ones are too risky for uneducated people to buy easily, just as I don’t expect the audience member to tell me to increase the value of the sound spectrum that surrounds 256 Hz. If they tell me it sounds like the vocals are muddy, I can take it from there.
And if ANYONE thinks that they can defeat the armed services of the United States by owning any and every gun they can buy, I recommend you choose what you want on your headstone while you have the time.
Bruce: for one last time, fully-automatic weapons are NOT illegal, you just have a special licensing process, and tax, to legally possess them!
Also, even with a single trigger pull per round, “semi-automatic” weapons ARE automatic loading weapons, and, a person good with one can fire almost as fast as on full-auto, but with greater ACCURACY. It is the massive clips/magazines allowing a lot of “random lead” to go down range that kills a lot of people in confined spaces, without the need to reload, or do much aiming.
Now if folks really want to get serious, don’t talk Barrett .50 “sissy guns”, go for a twin 40 mm mount in the back of your pickup, complete with Confederate battle flag bumper sticker.
Hmmm, just keeping tally. so machine guns and cop killer bulletts are already illegal – and no one seems to have a problem with that.and we haven’t seen any mass killings here with those weapons and ammo.seems like laws DO work when we want them to, eh?
@bruce4671but bruce, the mass killers that we’re looking to stop were not criminals before they comitted their heinous acts.so your argument"" Start talking about the real problem, the CRIMINALS that will not and NEVER have obeyed laws."Isn’t REALLY the issue, it’s the main distraction put forth by the NRA and the gun lobby, no?
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please, let’s try to keep things civil. We’ve been having some good conversations, let’s try to continue without personal attacks.
Gypsy8 over 11 years ago
Military or military style guns have no place in the hands of the general public. We will get evidence on Tuesday how serious the American people are about solving their gun violence problem.
Fourcrows over 11 years ago
I’ll agree with that – I’ve lived in places where the deer overpopulate and cause accidents because they weren’t hunted. I just think you shouldn’t use a weapon that can fire too quickly or an ammunition that can go through a deer to hit something on the other side. A bullet can travel quite a far distance before it loses its kinetic energy and capability of killing someone.
ARodney over 11 years ago
You conservatives are a bit out of date on this one. There’s been a huge decline in deer populations in the past five years, probably from loss of habitat from increased oil exploration. (Yes, increased oil exploration, under Obama. Get over it.) Hunting deer with assault weapons is exactly as “sportsmanlike” as fishing with dynamite.
my48pan2 over 11 years ago
By reading these comments it is really apparent that 90% of the people know nothing about firearms or the balisticts of the cal.223 which is what most AR style rifles shoot. Non shooters jump to knee jerk reactions without any first hand knowledge of the subject and no desire to educate themselfs.
colcam over 11 years ago
Are you upset he has trouble spelling while you have trouble with facts?
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
As a person who is not a gun enthusiast, I recognize that I don’t know all about guns, and their parts and capabilities.
As a musician, I know how to make a band sound better or much worse by knowing which knobs to turn on the sound board.
If the band sounds bad, it doesn’t matter to the audience if I haven’t set the high midrange correctly or if I pressed the “suck” button. It still sounds bad.
My point is that you don’t have to know everything about guns to know that some of them shoot with greater velocity than others. Some blow bigger holes than others. And on and on. If the damage it can cause in the wrong hands is more than is needed by people who know what they’re doing, I believe it may not be necessary for everyone to be able to buy.
No matter how eloquently or poorly stated, I think that’s the point of many posters. Can gun enthusiasts be willing to accept that? I’m willing to let the people who know guns decide which ones are too risky for uneducated people to buy easily, just as I don’t expect the audience member to tell me to increase the value of the sound spectrum that surrounds 256 Hz. If they tell me it sounds like the vocals are muddy, I can take it from there.
And if ANYONE thinks that they can defeat the armed services of the United States by owning any and every gun they can buy, I recommend you choose what you want on your headstone while you have the time.
OmqR-IV.0 over 11 years ago
‘So once again your argument is based in falsehoods and fear.’Survivalists have no fear, right Bruce?
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Bruce: for one last time, fully-automatic weapons are NOT illegal, you just have a special licensing process, and tax, to legally possess them!
Also, even with a single trigger pull per round, “semi-automatic” weapons ARE automatic loading weapons, and, a person good with one can fire almost as fast as on full-auto, but with greater ACCURACY. It is the massive clips/magazines allowing a lot of “random lead” to go down range that kills a lot of people in confined spaces, without the need to reload, or do much aiming.
Now if folks really want to get serious, don’t talk Barrett .50 “sissy guns”, go for a twin 40 mm mount in the back of your pickup, complete with Confederate battle flag bumper sticker.
DavidGBA over 11 years ago
NJ has 5 shot min shotgun so there are no long range projectiles, and most deer are hunted in the bushy swamps.
DavidGBA over 11 years ago
five shot per cartridge, that is.
dannysixpack over 11 years ago
Hmmm, just keeping tally. so machine guns and cop killer bulletts are already illegal – and no one seems to have a problem with that.and we haven’t seen any mass killings here with those weapons and ammo.seems like laws DO work when we want them to, eh?
dannysixpack over 11 years ago
@bruce4671but bruce, the mass killers that we’re looking to stop were not criminals before they comitted their heinous acts.so your argument"" Start talking about the real problem, the CRIMINALS that will not and NEVER have obeyed laws."Isn’t REALLY the issue, it’s the main distraction put forth by the NRA and the gun lobby, no?
lonecat over 11 years ago
In my back yard it was a herd of Shriners. They were noisy all night long, but in the morning they went off and had a parade.
remrafdn over 11 years ago
Far removed from reality.
lonecat over 11 years ago
Gentlemen, gentlemen, please, let’s try to keep things civil. We’ve been having some good conversations, let’s try to continue without personal attacks.