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Assault weapons: The legal battle over them continues. What are they?
CNN ^ | June 9, 2021 | Holmes Lybrand,

Posted on 06/09/2021 5:42:56 AM PDT by libstripper

A federal judge has ruled that California's 32-year-old assault weapons ban is unconstitutional -- and that the state cannot limit civilian access to weapons he considered to be "fairly ordinary, popular, modern rifles."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assaultweapons; ban; banglist; description; nature; propaganda
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Surprisingly accurate, concise, unbiased discussion of the whole topic. And, duh, from CNN.
1 posted on 06/09/2021 5:42:57 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

i only know of defensive weapons. assault weapons are non existant


2 posted on 06/09/2021 5:44:54 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: libstripper

As a slice of the yearly death pie, AR’s take way fewer lives than knives, fist punches, and other means of attack.


3 posted on 06/09/2021 5:50:12 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: libstripper

Here is the gun grabber conundrum:

Handguns are the “great equalizer”, and can be found in the purses of a LOT of feminists and other leftists.

So they can’t go after handguns.

Rifles are part of the “what they used when the second amendment was written” and fall under the “guns are ok for hunting” argument.

So they can’t go after rifles.

Shotguns, like rifles, have also been around a very long time and are part of the “hunting and sport” category, basically.

So they can’t go after shotguns.

That leaves “scary looking guns”. So they go after those.

But in reality those are no different or more capable than any of the others. So the whole thing is, really, stupid. And at the end of the day, everybody knows it.


4 posted on 06/09/2021 5:51:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: libstripper

They want to ban assault guns, but never a complaint against a pepper gun.


5 posted on 06/09/2021 5:51:39 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: teeman8r

You want to see an assault weapon in action? Watch Rapunzel master that frying pan in Tangled. :)


6 posted on 06/09/2021 5:52:09 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: teeman8r

I have a fine collection of semi-automatic target rifles. The only thing they have ever assaulted was my shoulder.


7 posted on 06/09/2021 5:53:13 AM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: libstripper

For A Skakel/Kennedy clan, it would be a golf club or a car.


8 posted on 06/09/2021 5:53:16 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: cuban leaf

“So they can’t go after handguns . . . So they can’t go after rifles . . . So they can’t go after shotguns.”

Yes they have, do, and will.


9 posted on 06/09/2021 5:54:58 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: cuban leaf

AR’s are the gateway weapon.

If they get away with banning the scary looking black rifles, they will go after other firearms.

They are already talking about banning all semi autos.


10 posted on 06/09/2021 5:55:45 AM PDT by Texas resident (Silver alert: There is a guy running around DC claiming he is the President.)
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To: libstripper

Assault weapon: Any gun that scares a liberal.


11 posted on 06/09/2021 5:59:06 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: cuban leaf
Like this?

Antifa meets frying pan

12 posted on 06/09/2021 6:01:08 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: jeffersondem; cuban leaf

Oh, the plan is certainly to eliminate all of them, except in the hands of criminals and their own (which is redundant).

They are hoping that the “scary looking/sounding rifle” is the camel’s nose in the tent, since they haven’t had much luck, other ways.


13 posted on 06/09/2021 6:01:11 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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They are already talking about banning all semi autos.


Well, good luck with that.

I don’t really even worry about this gun grabbing stuff any more. When I can get ammo in plentiful supply and cheap, that is when they may be able to do something. When “everybody” is arming up, banning guns is not a popular thing to do.


14 posted on 06/09/2021 6:01:35 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: libstripper

According to Meriam-Webster, the definition of assault is:
- a violent physical or verbal attack
- a military attack usually involving direct combat with enemy forces
- a concerted effort (as to reach a goal or defeat an adversary)

No gun can do any of that on its own.


15 posted on 06/09/2021 6:04:22 AM PDT by Helen
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

EXACTLY like that! :D


16 posted on 06/09/2021 6:11:04 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

They are hoping that the “scary looking/sounding rifle” is the camel’s nose in the tent, since they haven’t had much luck, other ways.


The good news is that it’s gone nowhere. There WAS an assault weapons ban, but it was actually allowed to expire. I think this whole gun thing is just a distraction.


17 posted on 06/09/2021 6:11:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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Dear cnn, there's no cure for stupid


18 posted on 06/09/2021 6:17:16 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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And, duh, from CNN.

Holmes Lybrand seems to be a token conservative at CNN.

Holmes Lybrand is a reporter for CNN, based in the Washington D.C. bureau.

He joins CNN from The Weekly Standard, where he served as the fact checker of the print magazine and wrote the fact-check column for the website in partnership with Facebook's news team.

19 posted on 06/09/2021 6:19:46 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis (1761))
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To: libstripper

True assault rifles are select fire, meaning they can be fired in full auto, which are tightly controlled and require registration and licensing.


20 posted on 06/09/2021 6:30:19 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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