Outdoor LIfe - gun control article/poll
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The Tall Man
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Let's do a bit of analysis here. Portions of Sarah Brady's comments are quotated; my reply follows:
"Assault weapons are not just "ugly guns.""
I'm sure HCI employees are not just ugly, over-privileged middle-aged women with a warped agenda. Perhaps they are.
"Semi-automatic hunting rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend on the accurate shooting of one bullet at a time."
Not all 'hunting rifles', as it were, are designed to be fired in a semi-automatic fashion.
"Semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to be spray-fired from the hip and are designed to maximize death and injury from a very rapid rate of fire."
Semi-automatic weapons, by definition, are not capable of "spray fir(ing)". I've not yet seen anyone attempt to operate any firearm whilst holding it near or against their hip.
"Assault weapons are designed with military features such as silencers, folding stocks, flash suppressors, barrel shrouds and bayonets, which are ludicrously unsuited for civilian use."
Sport-utility vehicles are designed with features such as large tires, brush guards, running lights, and oversized motors with excessive fuel consumption characteristics. Since many SUVs never see so much as a gravel driveway, they are 'ludicrously unsuited' (who the hell taught you to write??) by the majority of licensed drivers. Be very careful when making value judgements, Ms. Brady.
"Handgun Control supported and saw the successful passage of California's new assault weapon law..."
...which, tragically, imposed restrictions on many firearms based purely on aesthetics. Yours was a fallacious solution looking for a non-existant problem.
Me and my analytical nature...
-Tall Man
When you can't find the words to say
It's hard to make it through another day
And it makes me want to cry
And throw my hands up to the sky
WASTED YEARS/Iron Maiden
[This message has been edited by The Tall Man (edited September 27, 2000).]
"Assault weapons are not just "ugly guns.""
I'm sure HCI employees are not just ugly, over-privileged middle-aged women with a warped agenda. Perhaps they are.
"Semi-automatic hunting rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend on the accurate shooting of one bullet at a time."
Not all 'hunting rifles', as it were, are designed to be fired in a semi-automatic fashion.
"Semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to be spray-fired from the hip and are designed to maximize death and injury from a very rapid rate of fire."
Semi-automatic weapons, by definition, are not capable of "spray fir(ing)". I've not yet seen anyone attempt to operate any firearm whilst holding it near or against their hip.
"Assault weapons are designed with military features such as silencers, folding stocks, flash suppressors, barrel shrouds and bayonets, which are ludicrously unsuited for civilian use."
Sport-utility vehicles are designed with features such as large tires, brush guards, running lights, and oversized motors with excessive fuel consumption characteristics. Since many SUVs never see so much as a gravel driveway, they are 'ludicrously unsuited' (who the hell taught you to write??) by the majority of licensed drivers. Be very careful when making value judgements, Ms. Brady.
"Handgun Control supported and saw the successful passage of California's new assault weapon law..."
...which, tragically, imposed restrictions on many firearms based purely on aesthetics. Yours was a fallacious solution looking for a non-existant problem.
Me and my analytical nature...
-Tall Man
When you can't find the words to say
It's hard to make it through another day
And it makes me want to cry
And throw my hands up to the sky
WASTED YEARS/Iron Maiden
[This message has been edited by The Tall Man (edited September 27, 2000).]
USMC-Eagle
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Eyeball for a belly button???
Is that what Sarah Brady has?
She says that the so called "assault weapons" are designed to be fired from the hip.
Why then do they have sights on them???
It does not take a genius to see that a firearm with sights is designed to be fired from the shoulder and not the hip.
Have you ever seen a police officer firing from the hip? No. Because firing from the hip is only effective in Hollywood.
If that is all the intellect Sarah Brady can muster, then it certainly casts doubt on all of her other statements.
Warning: Do you have an "optical bullet guidance system (scope)" on grandpa's deer rifle? Shame on you. Why do you need a weapon capable of assassinating someone from hundreds of yards away? You don't need this to hunt Bambi. We should ban these "evil" sniper weapons capable of destruction at extreme ranges.
Is that what Sarah Brady has?
She says that the so called "assault weapons" are designed to be fired from the hip.
Why then do they have sights on them???
It does not take a genius to see that a firearm with sights is designed to be fired from the shoulder and not the hip.
Have you ever seen a police officer firing from the hip? No. Because firing from the hip is only effective in Hollywood.
If that is all the intellect Sarah Brady can muster, then it certainly casts doubt on all of her other statements.
Warning: Do you have an "optical bullet guidance system (scope)" on grandpa's deer rifle? Shame on you. Why do you need a weapon capable of assassinating someone from hundreds of yards away? You don't need this to hunt Bambi. We should ban these "evil" sniper weapons capable of destruction at extreme ranges.
FYI-(my)COMMENTS:Been fighting the RKBA fight since 1967-- I'm thru compromising, AKA "capitulation," and I'm thru trying to reason with anti's. What part of "shall not be infringed" is incomprehensible? I will fight to roll back or sunset as many 2A laws, regulations and restrictions as can be done--
Enough is enough!
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Enough is enough!
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"live free or die trying..."