Sorry but they received the MAGA upgrade ; )
Posted on 10/19/2018 1:08:51 PM PDT by C19fan
“57% oppose banning semi-automatic guns; 40% favor a ban
Opposition is up after 2017 reading in wake of Las Vegas shooting
Democrats more than twice as likely as Republicans to favor ban, 56% to 25%”
Percentage of semi-auto rifle owners who favor a ban: 0.00%
Percentage of semi-auto rifle owners who would not comply with a ban, even if one somehow passed the scrutiny of the Supreme Court as not being in violation of the 2nd Amendment: 100.00%
Percentage of semi-auto rifle owners who would shoot every ninja-clad SOB trying to enter his or her home to take their semi-auto rifles, but who shot their dogs and rifle-butted their pregnant wives in the belly first: 3,000% *
*Represents the average response of “I’d empty a full 30-round mag into every one of the SOBs!”
Sorry but they received the MAGA upgrade ; )
This is why they can’t be honest about what they stand for.
The Dems already knew this was tracking against them despite all the $$ spent to influence public opinion otherwise.
Seriously, I dare say outside of soldiers and Marines, very few people have ever seen an “assault weapon.”
Here's what I think of when somebody says "assault weapon" ... and I carried this hog for three years in the mid-70s ...
Need to redefine it to being a weapon with a bayonet attached (if the bayonet is removed, it becomes a regular weapon and the bayonet is just another tool/utensil like they supply at steak restaurants)...
“...outside of soldiers and Marines, very few people have ever seen an ‘assault weapon.’ “ [Cobra64, post 25]
No one in the military has seen an “assault weapon” either, because they don’t exist. There is no formal, rigorous, legally vetted definition.
The term was invented by the politicians, anti-gun activists, and media in the 1990s, to confuse the public into supporting the “Assault Weapon” Ban legislation.
Some segments of the trade use the term as jargon. Vexingly, DBI Books, then publisher of the annual Gun Digest, used to publish an occasionally-updated compendium of articles they called “Assault Weapons.” It dealt with military & law enforcement firearms: submachine guns, machine guns light & heavy, combat/self-defense handguns, tactical shotguns and the like.
“Assault rifle” has a formal definition approved by DoD, or used to: select fire, magazine-fed, closed bolt, operated by one person, chambering a cartridge of less power than standard-issue rifles. Ever since the USSR adopted the AK-47 and variants, and the United States declared the M16 family to be US standard rifle, that definition has become more problematic.
“...A Class III license and FBI background check are required...” [Lurkinandloomin, post 6]
In a legal/regulatory sense, there is no “Class III” Federal Firearms License. And federal law does not require a purchaser of machine guns or other NFA-regulated devices like sound suppressors to obtain any FFL before purchasing such.
A license holder with a valid FFL (one of 11 types) must pay yet more money to obtain a Special Occupational Taxpayer stamp (one of three classes) to get approved to manufacture, import, or deal in NFA-registerable devices.
A citizen wishing to purchase a machine gun (or suppressor, etc) gets one-time approval by filling out ATF Form 4, submitting it with a photo & fingerprints, and obtain written approval from the individual’s local Chief Law Enforcement Official - and paying the applicable fee ($200.00 for machine guns and suppressors) to BATFE. The bureaucrats there mull it over, then grant approval (or not).
It’s a one-time requirement and no renewals are needed, unlike an FFL. Approved owners of NFA-registered devices must notify ATF if they move, to keep the agency current on location of registered devices.
Transport of a registered device across state lines must be approved beforehand by the agency. The applies to device owners who travel to another state for organized vents like machine gun shoots.
Local and state laws may be more restrictive.
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