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Lebell · 09-06-2003, 11:37 PM

PEOPLE!!!

We need to be clear what we are talking about.

AUTOMATIC Weapons (guns that you pull the trigger and the gun keeps firing until you release the trigger or you run out of bullets) are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.

Automatic weapons ARE NOT BANNED. It is merely VERY HARD to get them, since you have to pass an FBI background check and spend a lot of money.

As such, VERY few crimes involve ANY automatic weapons, LEGAL or ILLEGAL. (I believe on the order of 1-5 since 1934.)

Now, I believe that people are confusing the ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN of 1994 with automatic weapons. They are NOT the same.

This Ban deals with SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifles that look like select fire military rifles, but in reality are functionally NO DIFFERENT from semi-automatic hunting rifles.

So in otherwords, people chiming in to ban automatic weapons from private ownership are people with a solution in search of a problem.

09-06-2003, 11:37 PM	#21 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	PEOPLE!!! We need to be clear what we are talking about. AUTOMATIC Weapons (guns that you pull the trigger and the gun keeps firing until you release the trigger or you run out of bullets) are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934. Automatic weapons ARE NOT BANNED. It is merely VERY HARD to get them, since you have to pass an FBI background check and spend a lot of money. As such, VERY few crimes involve ANY automatic weapons, LEGAL or ILLEGAL. (I believe on the order of 1-5 since 1934.) Now, I believe that people are confusing the ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN of 1994 with automatic weapons. They are NOT the same. This Ban deals with SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifles that look like select fire military rifles, but in reality are functionally NO DIFFERENT from semi-automatic hunting rifles. So in otherwords, people chiming in to ban automatic weapons from private ownership are people with a solution in search of a problem. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!