Ask candidates why military guns OK'd for public, advocate urges (Barf Alert)

The Altoona Herald ^ | December 7, 2007 | Tony Leys and Jason Clayworth

[2ndDivisionVet]

Typical!

[robomatik]

"...assault weapons"
like a frying pan, baseball bat, fists, pencil, car, etc.?

[Travis McGee]

Typical bed-wetting lib, with the mentality of a 6 year old.

[cripplecreek]

Simple. The constitutution doesn’t specify type of arms.

[Aglooka]

“described as an AK-47-**style** assault rifle,”

Is this like banning pistol grips on rifles because they supposedly allow criminals to spray a room with bullets like in a Hollywood movie?

Ask anti-gun nuts why they don’t know anything about guns.

Also, “assault rifle” as used in the USA today is an invented term.

[szweig]

I went to high school with Paul Helmke. He is an ass.

Steve Zweig
North Side HS ‘67

[goldstategop]

Semi-automatics are NOT military weapons. Stupid liberals can't seem to differentiate between a semi and and automatic. The latter has been banned in the civilian market in this country since 1934.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[cripplecreek]

Ask anti-gun nuts why they don’t know anything about guns.

A while back I saw a newsbimbo say "Semi automatic weapons can't be used for hunting" as if it were fact.

[spunkets]

"Republican Rudy Giuliani's campaign declined to specifically answer the question"

LOL! Same old Julieannie.

[robomatik]

only production thereof i believe. you can still get an fbi class 3 tag if your record is clean.

[Aglooka]

“Semi-automatics are NOT military weapons. Stupid liberals can’t seem to differentiate between a semi and and automatic. The latter has been banned in the civilian market in this country since 1934. “

Libs know. Propagandists such as helmke use this misinformation to further their goal of banning all guns. Advocacy groups such as this openly admit that they want and intend to do to the US what was done to the UK.

Hand them in Mr and Mrs America

[devolve]

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Obviously a 12 gauge pump would not have been dangerous at all

[fhayek]

The second amendment isn't about hunting, anyway.

[org.whodat]

Same crap as here in Virgina after Va, Tech. But not one word about tightening up on the whack jobs that let mental cases run the streets.

How come the punk cop gunning down six with his m16 did not get the same type of attention.

[ANGGAPO]

I suspect that a person in that mall that had the right to carry a gun could have ended that shooting spree after one or two shots were fired.

[Cobra64]

Here we go... Prices will rise some more as the run-up on more gun purchases increases and continues with these liberal whack-jobs threatening another ban.

[Constitutional Patriot]

“Same crap as here in Virgina after Va, Tech. But not one word about tightening up on the whack jobs that let mental cases run the streets.”

And still no mention of the mall being a “gun free zone” (for law abiding citizens)in a state that allows it’s citizens to cary concealed weapons. Had there been even one capable armed private citizen within range of this animal the story would have a happy ending.

[Beagle8U]

“Democrat Bill Richardson and Republicans Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson said they would not support reinstating the ban.”

Mitt Romney caught in another lie!

Check the transcript of the 2nd debate. Romney clearly states he supports an AWB!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Civilians have ALWAYS in the past had beter firearms than the Military.

In the 1700’s, the military used the smooth bore flintlock musket. Civilians used super accurate flintlock rifles.

When the miitary adopted a flintlock rifle the civilians were using percussion cap rifles that didn’t misfire.

When the military adopted a percussion cap rifle civilians were already using breech loading cartridge rifles.

During the Civil War the military used anything that would shoot but afterward they adopted a single shot breechloading cartridge rifle. Civilians were using rapid fire lever action rifles, pumps, bolt actions and were experimenting with self-loading rifles and machineguns.

Wehn the military adopted a really good bolt action rifle many civilians were already using European versions as their hunting rifle.

When the military adopted a really good self loading rifle many civilians clammered for one also, even though they had better bolt actions.

When the military adopted the m-14 and later the m-16 they r then surpassed civilians in what they could own.
Civilians had to settle with semi-auto versions and in some retarded states even those were banned.

In all that time the Military and police NEVER claimed to be “outgunned” till the last few years.

I always remember Harry Tracy who piled up dead lawmen like cordwood with only a 30-30 Winchester and a Colt single action pistol.

[socialismisinsidious]

Robert Hawkins reportedly used in Wednesday's shootings in Omaha would have been illegal to purchase under the assault-weapons ban.

yeah and I bet that would have stopped the mentally ill guy who was hell bent on KILLING...he probably would have said: "wow there's a ban on this weapon, I better not use it". I mean if there had been a law he wouldn't have broke it.(he probably didn't know that killing people is against the law or that the mall was a gun free zone) sure.