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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« on: September 13, 2004, 04:41:56 PM »
The biggest thing I hear about this ban wrt the political campaign is that Kerry thinks that white suburban women voters will respond well to his support of the ban..

OK I'll accept that..

But why are white suburban women worried about rifles? They are least likely people in the world to see a rifle let alone be the victims of one...

Why?
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Offline VOR

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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2004, 04:44:49 PM »
Television.
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Offline ra

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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2004, 04:49:47 PM »
The 'assault weapon' ban was never about rational thought.  Anyone who feels less safe now that it has expired is beyond hope.
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2004, 04:54:50 PM »
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The 'assault weapon' ban was never about rational thought.  Anyone who feels less safe now that it has expired is beyond hope.


Exactly. The bill  was purely symbolic in nature to begin with.
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2004, 04:55:34 PM »
The Oprah said so.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2004, 04:56:19 PM »
Enjoy your assault rifles guys.

btw.. congrats on 16000 ripley :)
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Offline Blooz

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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2004, 05:20:08 PM »
Rifles are the next step in the anti gun plan of attack.

Machine guns, hand guns, assault rifles have been taken care of  and now its the time for rifles.

Shotguns, muzzle loaders, pellet/BB guns and sling shots will follow.

The one little step at a time approach.

In 15 more years we'll be totally at the mercy of government.
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2004, 05:35:54 PM »
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Enjoy your assault rifles guys.

btw.. congrats on 16000 ripley :)

nilsen,
Without looking it up, will you tell me off the top of your head what the difference between one of these "Once- banned" assault weapons and a deer rifle is?
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2004, 05:49:33 PM »
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nilsen,
Without looking it up, will you tell me off the top of your head what the difference between one of these "Once- banned" assault weapons and a deer rifle is?


Not that i care, but i bet i can see the diff between a deer rifle and an AK47.

I have no idea tho of the details around what would be considered an assault rifle in the US. :)
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Offline SLO

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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2004, 05:50:38 PM »
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nilsen,
Without looking it up, will you tell me off the top of your head what the difference between one of these "Once- banned" assault weapons and a deer rifle is?


answer this....

why do they call them ASSAULT rifles
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2004, 06:00:44 PM »
True "assault rifles" are capable of full automatic fire.

There is no difference between deer hunting rifles and what the press considers assault rifles since they are mostly semi auto fire only (like my M14 and my M1 carbine).
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2004, 06:01:36 PM »
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Not that i care, but i bet i can see the diff between a deer rifle and an AK47.

I have no idea tho of the details around what would be considered an assault rifle in the US. :)


Thats exactly it. The bill had to do with the APPEARANCE of the rifle, it is no more lethal than anything that IS legal.  Fully automatic assault rifles are still illegal.

This was nothing more than a feel-good measure.

Good riddence.
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2004, 06:03:24 PM »
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answer this....

why do they call them ASSAULT rifles


Cosmetic looks.

Next question....
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2004, 06:08:39 PM »
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Thats exactly it. The bill had to do with the APPEARANCE of the rifle, it is no more lethal than anything that IS legal.  Fully automatic assault rifles are still illegal.

This was nothing more than a feel-good measure.

Good riddence.


I see.

So they are regular assault rifles, but you can only fire them in semi-auto mode?
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2004, 06:10:16 PM »
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I see.

So they are regular assault rifles, but you can only fire them in semi-auto mode?


More like they are regular deer hunting rifles made to look like an assault weapon that can only be fired in semi-auto mode. ;)

With that in mind, my dad's M1 Garand (semi-automatic "assault" rifle" :rofl ) made a very good deer rifle for years that he hunted.
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