Democrats divided on assault gun ban

The Times-Picayune ^ | July 26, 2004 | Bruce Alpert

[Prime Choice]

How about Sarah Brady and her touchy-feely namby-pamby idiotic Leftist friends spend more time trying to regulate mentally-deranged people than firearms?

After all, they keep moaning that guns are going to fall into the hands of the mentally-deranged. So why don't they just leave the guns alone and go after the REAL problem?

Oh yeah...that'd take effort...and brains...both of which the Left sorely lacks.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

StuG 40 [Sturmgeschütz Fierzig]

[Poohbah]

Yeah, I think those are banned. (The tracks play hell with asphalt.)

[ArrogantBustard]

Funny thing is, owning an assault gun is completely legal. Ammo is probably classified as a "Destructive Device", and taxed at $200/round though. Unless you load your own solid shot. A few years ago I read about a guy who had restored a de-milled French 75 to working order. He cast solid zinc projectiles, and used a log-splitter for a reloading press.

Think that'll 'make major'?

[kt56]

The count down is on, but don't count yer chickens until they hatch.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - Sturmgeschutz (Assault Guns) - Apr. 13th, 2004

Today is Treadhead Tuesday.

That'll make major. I know a man that has two warehouses full of howitzers and antitank guns. Any projectile that has any explosive filler is a destructive device, but solid shot and non-explosive kinetic energy rounds are not regulated. He has several that he shoots, but his son likes the French 25mm AT gun. the most. I have fired blanks from his original 1863 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle

[oyez]

And if it does run out and Kerry and his Komrades get into office, the first thing they will do be to try to legislate a stronger AW ban.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - Soviet T-54/T-55 Series Tank - Jul. 27th, 2004

[neverdem]

Thanks for the links. Is the 1863 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle a breech loader?

[12 Gauge Mossberg]

It was the AWB that caused the 'Rats to lose control of Congress in the first place. The AWB is dead as a mannequin in a dept store.

[ArrogantBustard]

Load up the 3" with solid shot and engage a squad of old refrigerators ... Biggest I've fired is a Barrett .50. That'll wake you up. With the muzzle brake, recoil is sort of an irresistable shove. Bowling pins disintegrate when hit!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Negative. Muzzle loader. Some Ordnance Rifles were converted to breech loaders around the time of the Spanish-American War and used as salute guns.

Armstrong breech loader

Whitworth breech loader

Small numbers of these were used during the War of Northern Aggression.

[ArrogantBustard]

Thanks for the foxhole links ... good stuff!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

yw

[Critter]

b) I couldn't care less if crime declined with the AWB and rose after it expired. The concept of "rights" for the vast majority of (law-abiding) citizens is utterly independent of the criminal actions of a few morally and/or mentally deficient people. The most vital right is the right to defend one's self, family, freedom and country. Any law that infringes upon such a right is completely illegitimate.

Three cheers! Well said!

[DMZFrank]

Especially if the "people" are gun grabbing tyrants. Let's not forget that the catalyst for the American Revolution was an exercise in gun control at Concord.

[Libloather]

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