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Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!

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Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 6, 2013 at 11:58 am
I dunno man, if I had a weapon like that I'd "defend" myself by "assaulting" the shit out of someone with bullets.
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 6, 2013 at 12:22 pm
(May 6, 2013 at 11:55 am)bladevalant546 Wrote: Sorry guys, these are miss identified guns. They are not "assault weapons" as the term assault beckons an adjective to imply the use of the gun for offensive measures. Thus "defensive weapon" is the correct term as these weapons are being used for defense.

The technical origin of the term arose from the mobile warfare of WWII. It was found that for defending a position single shots were more effective but for assaulting (attacking) a position full auto fire was more effective. In WWII type warfare one could be defending in the morning and attacking in the afternoon. Carrying two different weapons was impractical. Thus a selective fire weapon was the solution and got the name.
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 12, 2013 at 5:06 pm
I don't see why anybody needs a gun. What is the utility in it?

Maybe 200 years ago, but today I don't think it's congruent with our society.
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 12, 2013 at 5:14 pm
(May 12, 2013 at 5:06 pm)dazzn Wrote: I don't see why anybody needs a gun. What is the utility in it?

Maybe 200 years ago, but today I don't think it's congruent with our society.

The bad guys have guns and they do need guns to be bad guys.

When we have society free of violent crime you might have a point. We can discuss it again after violent crime is gone. Until then, disarming the victims is counter intuitive.
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May 12, 2013 at 6:38 pm (This post was last modified: May 12, 2013 at 6:38 pm by CleanShavenJesus.)
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May 12, 2013 at 7:39 pm
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May 12, 2013 at 8:09 pm
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May 12, 2013 at 8:14 pm
I have a '45 thompson that might best be considered an "assault weapon." It is so danged dangerous I can't use it anymore and keep ammo far away from it. The stupid thing's trigger is so hair light that it has a mind of it's own to fire. And it doesn't have a safety.

I keep it in my closet so that a burgler will shoot himself with it.
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
May 12, 2013 at 8:37 pm (This post was last modified: May 12, 2013 at 8:41 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You're more likely to wound yourself with it - then a burglar is to ever be wounded by it. Speaking of burglars...."home invader" seems to be a pretty damned ballsy career choice. You really have to want that TV bad if you're willing to walk into a darkened home knowing that the guy inside is probably better armed than yourself.
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RE: Unregulated guns are a catastrophe!
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