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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a startling revelation for 2015. It is projected that deaths from guns will surpass deaths from car fatalities in 2015. An estimated 33,000 Americans will lose their lives from guns as opposed to an estimated 32,000 Americans who will die in car accidents.
Basically what I'm saying is a ban on assault rifles seems necessary
Technically no citizen owns assault rifles unless you got the certain certification. AR 15s are actually sporting rifles.
And by the way, "assault rifles" are not machine guns.
Anyone can get this special certification, right?
It depends what state you live in. In some states they are illegal even for government employees. However in others they are legal under certain circumstances.
Technically no citizen owns assault rifles unless you got the certain certification. AR 15s are actually sporting rifles.
Yeah... so people DO own assault rifles. Can you explain what this certification is? I'm guessing anyone can get it if they pass a class of some sort.
And by the way, "assault rifles" are not machine guns.
Sorry, I'm not a gun guy. I know there are little machine guns and big machine guns. Obviously the little ones aren't rifles... but should still be banned in my opinion, as well as assault rifles.
Depends what state you live in.
Could you just sum up what the majority of states allow?
Yea but those guys are mostly once government employees before. I'm just saying AR15s and other "assault rifles" are not assault rifles.
EDIT: Remember that fully automatic rifles cost A LOT of money. No one is going to buy a fully automatic rifle for thousands of dollars unless they do business with them.
Can you explain what this certification is? I'm guessing anyone can get it if they pass a class of some sort.
From MY knowledge it is called a Fully Automatic Gun License (I think it is a certain class of license and such).
Again it depends what state you are in. Some states may require a class some may not.
For instance, in Tennessee you need a special license to carry a concealed handgun, but in Georgia you don't need a license.
Sorry, I'm not a gun guy. I know there are little machine guns and big machine guns. Obviously the little ones aren't rifles... but should still be banned in my opinion, as well as assault rifles.
Well, I've been shooting guns all my life. My family showed me how to fire a weapon, load a weapon, and strip down and clean a weapon. They taught me gun safety and made me take a hunter safety class before I ever went on a hunt.
I'm not a machine gun guy so I really don't know much about them either.
Could you just sum up what the majority of states allow?
But the fact of the matter is that it isn't only ex-government employees who have machine guns (or assault rifles). The Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Aurora shootings were all examples of this. Nobody is hunting with a machine gun... however, I don't see any reason to take away any other type of gun.
But the fact of the matter is that it isn't only ex-government employees who have machine guns (or assault rifles). The Sandy Hook, Columbine, and Aurora shootings were all examples of this
There was no assault rifle used in any of the mass shootings.
Nobody is hunting with a machine gun...
Not only is it illegal to hunt with a machine gun, again, a machine gun is not a sports rifle.
however, I don't see any reason to take away any other type of gun.
A gun is a gun. All guns can kill just like anyone can use an axe or hammer to kill.
I'm going to be frank
The only reason why the government targets sports rifles is because it scares them.
Its just a baby step to get rid of American citizens rights.
The President himself said the Constitution just limits us (as in them, the politicians).
Don't look at it from an American media's eyes. Look at it from all angles.
Assault rifle isn't even a gun term, its just a name that people use to describe any gun that looks scary, and it appears that people find guns with handles and stocks to be scary.
Whats wrong with owning a gun that is fully-automatic?
Why should we allow a person to have a black rifle? Or a automatic weapon? If a kid gets their hands on that and just so happens to play Call of Duty some problems will occur. Why should we allow them to have it is what my question is.
Oh yeah, because kids can't tell the difference between a video game and real life, they'll pick it up, shoot their family and things its a game, right?
Not all kids want to copy what they see, and when they do, they don't want to copy everything. I'm pretty sure that 99.99% of the population understands that killing your parents in real life is different then killing a made up villain in a video game.
These weapons are for self defense, I want people to have the ability to defend themselves with these weapons.
First off all, military rifles that are given to infantry are not rapid fire, they are selective fire.
Most people don't buy guns for hunting, they buy them for protection. Gangs, swat, police and military all have selective fire rifles, why can't a citizen have one?
Tighten it. With the Newtown shoot out and other school shootings ie( at high school and colleges) it should be tightened. You only get access to guns if the laws are that lenient. America as country has very low crime rate than other countries so what is the need for its citizens to carry guns? If your in Iraq or Syria then you most certainly need a gun for self defense against ISIS.
Are you fucking crazy?, semi auto, machines whats the fucking difference, 1 bullet a second is more then enough do mass killings, hell I can kill 6 people in 6 seconds with a 6 shooter.
Bottom line it does not matter if the killings where from a machine gun or a musket the bottom line is people are dieing from guns, and I'm going to tell you what, I am willing to bet you do not what to live in a world where guns are law, it might sound good to you republicans but you motherfuckers are the first one to run with you tails between your legs when bullets start flying, I know first hand bro, I live in the inner city with gang bangers and ever day many people die from a guns, you might think its cool to watch TV or some John Wayne film but let me tell you it's no fun.
My views: Yes we should protect the second amendment, but, "NO" should we allow everyone to get there hands on guns. we need to close the loop holes so the ghetto fucks around my area can't get there hands on guns and the sick "Adam Lanzers" in the suburbs cant murder children.
It may surprise you to know that I'm a centrist, and an independent. If you don't believe me, I already posted my full views for review. Guns that can fire an excess of 1000 bullets per minute are just so much more dangerous than 1 per second (which is a small fraction of that amount).
I don't watch television, and I hardly ever watch movies (I hate action movies anyways), I don't even know who John Wayne is, and quite frankly I don't care.
Also, I doubt that you could actually kill 6 people in six seconds with a six shooter. Depending on your aim, you'd be lucky to get 4 even if they were lined up. In a crowd, 2ish.
I'd like to see where exactly you found out that GOPer's are the first to run. I am not one, but statistically I would guess the opposite.
Anyone with a lick of an aim can shoot 6 in 6 seconds with a 6 shooter, as for the GOP running from gun fire it's almost fact that most chicken hawks are republicans, they love war so long as they are not the ones fighting, every war for the most part has been fought by non republican because most military soldiers are minorities or the poor, not rich white republicans, and is the reason they have the name chicken hawks.
Proof is look at the American military, it's like 80% minorities, facts or facts.
For the military, the majority are still whites, and they are still more likely than any other group to enlist. And military people tend to lean right on the whole.
So, about stepping up, conservatives are just much much more likely to enlist.
Yeah you got and why should ordinary Americans own a semiautomatic for self defense?All these allowances for guns being used for self defense only increases gun violence.