CNN: Average Americans don't need assault weapons

[jgressley2003]

Everytime I hear someone say that I don't need an "assault rifle" I want to buy an AR just to **** them off.

 

[gunowner930]

"And the NRA is just as wrong when it opposes efforts to restrict drum magazines that can hold 100 rounds, such as the one the gunman in Colorado used to mow down moviegoers.

Seriously, please offer me a reasonable and rational explanation as to why someone who isn't a law enforcement officer needs to fire off that many bullets?"

Why would a police officer need to fire off that many bullets?

Because they cant shoot . Just joking LEOs

Seriously, The only ones in congress saying anythng are the usual suspects Lautenberg, Feintstein, and Moron McCarthy. The poutrage of the gun control freaks in the media has been amusing.

 

[gunowner930]

There's that phrase again:

Exactly hah.

It's kinda like saying "I don't wanna sound racist but...."

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

The leftists are simply using the recent massacre to just get the guns out of the hands of the citizens.
They don't care about criminals having guns at this point. In fact, the more the better so that the populace caves to gun control out of fear of their lives.

While they conveniently forget that the largest massacre in history on US civilians was started with a boxcutter...and never involved a firearm

 

[MACHINEGUN]

CNN...

 

[Excalibur]

Seriously, the anything can be an "assault weapon". My sword is sharp enough to take off limbs. That can be an assault weapon because it can be used to assault people and it's a weapon

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Seriously, the anything can be an "assault weapon". My sword is sharp enough to take off limbs. That can be an assault weapon because it can be used to assault people and it's a weapon

I would have bet $1k you had a sword.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I was talking to my sister a couple of days ago, and she brought up the Colorado mass-murder. I corrected two errors in her thinking (more, probably, but those for sure)
1) I don't know about the state she lives in, but it is not illegal to carry a firearm in a movie theater everywhere. Nor should it be.
2) Semi-automatic means one bullet for every one squeeze of the trigger. You guessed it: she thought, as most do, that that term meant, "squeeze the trigger and it fires till it's empty".

Just as the antis wanted.

We have much education to do, one sheep at a time.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[MACHINEGUN]

Sheeple never cease to stop amazing me!

 

[GIJEW]

The average "talking head" doesn't hold enough knowledge to know that "assault weapon" is technical gibberish!

 

[jgreiner]

Im so sick of hearing "Assault Weapon". When will people relize anything could be an "assault weapon" if said item is used to assault someone!

Exactly. Every time Biden or Obama open their mouths, I feel like I have been attacked with an assault weapon. Their words/lies assault my intelligence and common sense.

 

[GIJEW]

I was talking to my sister a couple of days ago, and she brought up the Colorado mass-murder. I corrected two errors in her thinking (more, probably, but those for sure)
1) I don't know about the state she lives in, but it is not illegal to carry a firearm in a movie theater everywhere. Nor should it be.
2) Semi-automatic means one bullet for every one squeeze of the trigger. You guessed it: she thought, as most do, that that term meant, "squeeze the trigger and it fires till it's empty".

Just as the antis wanted.

We have much education to do, one sheep at a time.

Blessings,
Bill

I don't get that. I understand people not knowing/caring about guns, but I expect people here to know English--especially those media idiots! Seriously, does she think a semi-circle is round?

 

[printcraft]

So if a guy goes around bashing folks with a 2 x 4 will they want to ban the assault 2 x 4's ?

Only the ones over ten feet. A 2x4 that long is just excessive for the average citizen. Only contractors should be allowed to purchase those.

I hope the .gov goons don't find out about my sawed off 2x4.

 

[kedie]

2. **** off, Roland Martin.

Does not approve.

 

[findingZzero]

I'm telling you...*snip*

"This is how they do it." **snip**

Who? What? Where? The colonies? Soviets? Kazakhstan? Where does all this f**ken paranoia come from. Waco, revenuers? Chill, this is America. The gov't has hellfire missiles, tanks, tactical nukes, and chemical weapons. We don't need 'assault weapons' and 100 rnd drums. We just 'want' them. If the gov't gets that bad that you think it's time for a revolution, then get the military on your side.

 

[MTC]

Semi-automatic means one bullet for every one squeeze of the trigger. You guessed it: she thought, as most do, that that term meant, "squeeze the trigger and it fires till it's empty".

The crucial point on this issue, and one I've gone to lengths to explain in person when possible. Many, including even some gun owners, still don't know this. They see or hear "semiautomatic" - they think machine gun (like they saw in a Hollywood movie). Regarding the AK47 specifically, in addition to an image of being fully automatic at all times, they seem to think it is some kind of superweapon with power far beyond its actual capabilities.

We have much education to do, one sheep at a time.

Agree. Had the print version of this sitting on a shelf since the '90s.

The Great Assault Weapon Hoax

HTH

 

[Ted]

Just as MTC and Bill eloquently stated, most people believe that both "Semi Automatic" are full auto.

The Brady Campaign has been putting forth the propaganda for years, that if it looks like a machine gun, it is a machine gun

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I'm telling you...*snip*

"This is how they do it." **snip**

Who? What? Where? The colonies? Soviets? Kazakhstan? Where does all this f**ken paranoia come from. Waco, revenuers? Chill, this is America. The gov't has hellfire missiles, tanks, tactical nukes, and chemical weapons. We don't need 'assault weapons' and 100 rnd drums. We just 'want' them. If the gov't gets that bad that you think it's time for a revolution, then get the military on your side.

Mmm-k.

You missed my point. But that's ok.

 

[Iroquois]

If an assault weapon is for assaulting someone, what's a goose gun for?
Does a Saturday nite special only work one day a week?
Is a sniper rifle for hunting snipes?
Who makes up these names and why do gun owners encourage this trend by repeating them?
AN ASSAULT WEAPON IS A MACHINE GUN...THEY HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL FOR ALMOST EVERYBODY
FOR 70 YEARS

 

[cobber]

The average American also doesn't need 20 oz. sodas, or baby formula. We could also do without cars larger than Priuses, or more than three lights per house, or air conditioning or heat above 66. The average American also doesn't need more than one pair of shoes or pants, or more than 2000 calories per day, or an income above the poverty line. We don't need to take vacations, or have retirement savings. Certainly we don't need big screen TVs, laptops, or other toys.

After all, we didn't get here on our own. We owe it to the government, to start making sacrifices until we attain perfection here on earth.

It's a slippery slope. There's a lot of stuff we don't need, if we were willing to live like Buddhist monks. But then who would pay all those taxes the government NEEDS (?) to support those who won't pull their own weight?

Maybe this is right, we don't NEED evil weapons, but the government should not presume to take away our right to choose (sound familiar?).