Would you support a ban on semi-automatic weapons and ammunition?

[Flopsweat]

McConnel is playing the long game here, it dosnt cost him ( or any of the Repubs) to show a little compassion and token support for anything knowing full well the real players will not be handing over any meaningful legislation against us, and if they did, if would never have the support to get signed into law! What we get is meaningless feel-good fluff that has very little actual effect! The Red Flag bullsh!t will get sent to SCOTUS at some point to be stricken down hard, so,.........nobody but John Q America looses anything in the interim.

I think it's terribly irresponsible for a "lawmaker" to pass a bad law on the assumption that someday the Supreme Court will knock it down. They don't - and can't - hear every case sent to them and they've missed a few very important ones.

 

[oa98pistol512]

NO

 

[2Aenjoyer]

"I would happily"

 

[Ura-Ki]

"I would happily"

Care to expand on that?

 

[sobo]

Care to expand on that?

He's mocking the OP's own words. Go back and read the 2nd paragraph of the OP. All will be revealed...

Hence, the clown face...

 

[2Aenjoyer]

Care to expand on that?

I was making fun of the what the person said, hence the quotation marks and clown emoji.

 

[sobo]

See, Ura? What he said...

Man, I gotta 'splain everything around here...

 

[Ura-Ki]

Mebby I gottsa retire, too much NWFA fer today, all things considered!
ts'all gud!

 

[sobo]

Mebby I gottsa retire, too much NWFA fer today, all things considered!
ts'all gud!

Ohhhhh, no ya don't! You can't blame this one on the meds...

 

[Dr Prepper]

No

"No, I strenuously object!"



Did anyone else hear: "how pro gun are you?" In a Kinda chuckling Whisper in the background when they read OP's post?

 

[Dr Prepper]

Mass killings cannot be stopped, but why give the killer the advantage of a weapon which cycles quickly, carries multiple rounds, and can be reloaded easily? Sure, a pump, revolver, lever, or bolt action will kill but no way it can even come close to a semi.



I carry a semi or revolver for personal protection. I would happily give up the semi if it would lead to a (slow) reduction in the availability of that type of weapon.



When I use to hunt, absolutely no one carried a semi-automatic rifle since this would result in mocking their marksmanship or competence with a firearm. The goal was always one shot and done.

In all seriousness though, would you ban cars? Or semi arguably abortions (like Dave Chapelle I'm not really FOR or against them) but hey a murder is a murder, and a death is a death regardless of how it happens.

Guns are the last thing I will ever give up, we have a great many more important things to worry about and fix before I even want to talk about my guns.

Dave Chappelle: Second Amendment 'Is Just in Case the First One Doesn't Work Out'

The comedian received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in D.C. this weekend. His acceptance speech airs on PBS in January.

reason.com

THE ONLY reason we are basically one of the last countries to really have free speech regardless if its an amendment or not IS BECAUSE of the second amendment are your right and ability to physically defend your right to speech. No matter how bug or intimidating or wealthy etc your "Goliath" is. You NEED equal playing fields guns are that great equalizer.

PS this was rhetorical, please don't feel you need to answer ad I really don't care. Its merely to get you to think and see my point of view as I don't really agree with yours not to sound callus I just don't really care. Your welcome to express them, I'm welcome to read them, but I don't have to stomach them.

 

[PESCOBAR]

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[Dr Prepper]

Show me one of these "normal people" you mention? And what's an "assault rifle"?
Your welcome to wait for meat wagon to come shovel your carcass off the pavement when its over, me I'd rather be waiting for the police to come to be the one who gets to dictate the scenario and convey what actually happened. Not some low life who would make up stories etc.
Idk why you think trained or " normal people" as you called them are some higher creed of people who are better or more adequate to know the situation AFTER the incident already occurred and manage it retro actively.

Apparently you've never seen the many videos of police or trainers shooting themselves. IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, in many cases these individuals DONT have as much training as civilians. Its just a 9-5 job for them. A lot of us live and breath this sport/hobby/way of life.
Some people practice karate, meditation, or chi whatever to center themselves. We just center and comfort ourselves on our ability to protect and defend ourselves and take pride in the fact that we don't have to rely on the good fortune to hopefully have others come and rescue us.

Anyway. Only 33 pages of I'm sure are valid points, TLDR, I'm out! "abandon thread"

 

[zenbike]

Mass killings cannot be stopped, but why give the killer the advantage of a weapon which cycles quickly, carries multiple rounds, and can be reloaded easily? Sure, a pump, revolver, lever, or bolt action will kill but no way it can even come close to a semi.



I carry a semi or revolver for personal protection. I would happily give up the semi if it would lead to a (slow) reduction in the availability of that type of weapon.



When I use to hunt, absolutely no one carried a semi-automatic rifle since this would result in mocking their marksmanship or competence with a firearm. The goal was always one shot and done.

Get lost, fed.

 

[zenbike]

Only after all government agencies and criminals turn theirs in. ALL of them. Until then, F NO!

And not even then, because they can still make one in the garage, just like we can

 

[Jay Walk]

Just pass a law that makes it illegal to commit murder.

 

[RX-79G]

No.

 

[40Garand]

@Scrubnut is a troll account. I was hoping this post would've died on the vine like he did back in June.

 

[dancinghippos]

Criminals who already ignore murder and robbery laws will be cowed by magazine size laws?

 

[Flopsweat]

Criminals who already ignore murder and robbery laws will be cowed by magazine size laws?

Just as sure as defunding the Police will make us safer.