2018 Assault Weapons Ban HR5087

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Just last night I was chatting with a Jeeper friend. He's a U.S. Army veteran, but I was in Vietnam and this guy is 30 years younger than I am (his father was in Vietnam at the same time I was -- late 60s). Both my friend and his father are shooters, so I was surprised and disappointed to hear him say that he's in favor of banning AR-15s, he's in favor of universal background checks, he's in favor of mandatory training before you can get a carry permit. And yet the same guy complains because he wants to get a carry permit, but our state requires training and he doesn't have the time to take the class (nor does he want to spend the money for the class and the permit).

I really don't think he has put the two things together in his mind.

I also pointed out that, functionally, the AR-15 is no different than his Ruger 10/22. Naturally, he immediately brought in the rimfire/centerfire distinction and the velocity of the projectile, so I countered with the Mini 14. That slowed him down, but he still thinks AR-15s should be banned.

We touched on the 2nd Amendment, and he's one of those who thinks the 2nd Amendment is about muzzleloaders. They didn't have AR-15s back then, so it doesn't apply to them. I guess in the 30 years between when I went to high school and when he went, that's when teaching the Constitution was removed from the curriculum.
 
As long as we're posting links to sites for making our voices heard, . . . I go to www.popvox.com, which will let you browse bills and directly email your legislators. Let me add that, if memory serves, I've used popvox and gotten responses from my legislators. Memory may not serve, to take that for what it's worth.
 
Section 2 (D) (V) will outlaw every Glock in existance. They are all copies of the Glock 18.

Hmm lets see.... there have been full auto 1911’s, Browning high powers, Berettas, the list goes on.
 
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