Quote:
Originally Posted by shakran
Do people not realize how stupid our weapons laws are? I can have an assault rifle but not a fishing knife? Either the 2nd amendment gives me the right to bear arms or not. If they want to ban knives, fine with me. But they'd better ban guns while they're at it. The senselessness of people wanting to rid the streets of knives while vigorously supporting the right to carry a gun on those same streets has always struck me as asinine.
|
The functional difference between a what is commonly referred to as "assault rifle" aka "Scary Black Rifle" and a hunting gun is about the same amount of difference between a fishing knife and a switchblade. They both have a bad reputation based solely on media misconceptions, and the distinction has absolutely no significance in reality.
A true 'assault rifle' is one with selective fire, (what the media likes to call 'machine guns') and due to existing restrictions on their production, these are an order of magnitude more expensive than their semi-auto-only cousins, making them extremely difficult and expensive to own.