I'm not saying you could, that's absurd. I'm pointing out the fact that most sporting goods stores carry weapons more than capable of doing this, that aren't 'AR-15's' or even stylistically similar to an AR-15. AR-15 has ended up just becoming a common weapon type, before that was AK-47's. I'm sure in another decade or two it'll be some other LETTER-NUMBER. Unless you're going to fight the good fight, and ban every non-bolt action rifle (have fun with that one) you're just spinning your wheels focusing on a specific weapon type.
These weapons are picked because they're cheap. They're cheap because of economies of scale, because like 10% of the US owns one.
On this I agree. We have a mental health problem, we have a governmental stagnation problem, we have a failure of prioritization problem, and we have a societal rift problem.We have a problem.
Feel free to carry the flag, you'll get some followers, but I seriously doubt you'll see this happen in your lifetime in the US. Just being frank.Ban all semi-auto firearms and anything that simulates semi-auto fire.
Feel free to carry the flag, you'll get some followers, but I seriously doubt you'll see this happen in your lifetime in the US. Just being frank.
Short of an authoritarian governmental intervention, I do not see this happening without a fight. I personally know people who would die before letting someone take their beloved guns away.
Nor would I, but we're (probably) rational mammals, there's plenty of irrational owners that would go down fighting, and you know that. Are you prepared for youtube videos and Faux news exclusives of firefights on front lawns?There might be a few people sure but a lot of those firearms belong to a tiny percentage of the population. I am included in that statistic as the owner of about two dozen semi-auto weapons.
If the government decided to ban them and let me cash out via a buyback I'd have no issues.
You mean that? Or are you really a jackass?Nothing could have prevented this.
Nor would I, but we're (probably) rational mammals, there's plenty of irrational owners that would go down fighting, and you know that. Are you prepared for youtube videos and Faux news exclusives of firefights on front lawns?
Yeah, make it illegal to own them. You'll find out that there are fewer and fewer and fewer of them out there over time. What use is a gun to someone who's going to jail when outed?Is there anyway to control guns to help reduce things like this?
Would you be willing to accept the consequence of someone else getting an idea in their head that a similar tact needs to be taken regarding something other than guns? Like specific religious beliefs?I am. There will surely be incidents but the vast majority of people would fold quickly.
Yeah, well, fuck them. Make it illegal for them to own those guns and what good would it do them? They can secretly show people their guns and rot in their infamy over time. Relics of a bygone age. Or, if you just need to see and handle them, you can be put in special purpose museums... here, pet a gun, nice gun.I personally know people who would die before letting someone take their beloved guns away.
My question to you is similar to that to K1052:Yeah, well, fuck them. Make it illegal for them to own those guns and what good would it do them? They can secretly show people their guns and rot in their infamy over time. Relics of a bygone age. Or, if you just need to see and handle them, you can be put in special purpose museums... here, pet a gun, nice gun.
Yeah, right. How about nuclear material? Anthrax? A private stash of polio or smallpox virus? How dangerous to ban things? Get real.Would you be willing to accept the consequence of someone else getting an idea in their head that a similar tact needs to be taken regarding something other than guns? Like specific religious beliefs?
I'm concerned about the potential of 'it was okay for that, so it'll be okay for this too'.
Would you be willing to accept the consequence of someone else getting an idea in their head that a similar tact needs to be taken regarding something other than guns? Like specific religious beliefs?
I'm concerned about the potential of 'it was okay for that, so it'll be okay for this too'.
Dude, some things just need controlling, you can't let people do whatever in the hell they want all of the time, get over it.My question to you is similar to that to K1052:
Would you be willing to accept a scenario in which another administration, politician, whatever, decides that now X, Y, or Z needs similar treatment, and drags whatever that happens to be kicking and screaming out of their homes as well? I have huge concerns that once the Pandora's box of 'forced compliance' is opened, you aren't gonna shut it just because the 'gun problem' was fixed.
My question to you is similar to that to K1052:
Would you be willing to accept a scenario in which another administration, politician, whatever, decides that now X, Y, or Z needs similar treatment, and drags whatever that happens to be kicking and screaming out of their homes as well? I have huge concerns that once the Pandora's box of 'forced compliance' is opened, you aren't gonna shut it just because the 'gun problem' was fixed.
And that may be enough to set an acceptable precedent for outright removal of semi-auto firearms without extending to other areas of life... I've still got huge concerns surrounding it however, but that's just me.I don't think the comparison applies since the government clearly has authority based on law and precedent to regulate firearms. Even in the Heller decision the Supreme Court held that the 2A is not an unlimited right and is subject to restriction.
1A question you pose is also long settled as to prohibiting/restricting the practice of religious beliefs, the gov can't as long as no law is broken.
I never said they did, that would likely result in some Mad Max anarchist state. I was just stating I have concerns about the potential of forced compliance in this fashion being expanded elsewhere (see: Trump's notions on immigration/foreigners in the US).Dune, some things just need controlling, you can't let people do whatever in the hell they want all of the time, get over it.
Yeah I think I just misread the backpack line as "he is allowed on campus but not allowed to carry a backpack" when it was really "when he was a student he wasn't allowed to have a backpack."They try to create barriers but really, unless we tear down and rebuild all schools as super max prisons, gunmen will still easily find their way inside.
Most likely, yes, as you would if you started collecting radioactive materials or started placing anti-personnel mines around your home.Can you manufacture, own, and sell NFA devices out of your house? If you did would you expect the ATF to come a nocking?
Yeah, make it illegal to own them. You'll find out that there are fewer and fewer and fewer of them out there over time. What use is a gun to someone who's going to jail when outed?
Most likely, yes, as you would if you started collecting radioactive materials or started placing anti-personnel mines around your home.
The cat's kinda out of the bag regarding semi-auto firearms though.