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Biden's ATF Director Was Asked to Define 'Assault Weapon' and It Didn't Go Well
Townhall ^ | April 18, 2023 | Spencer Brown

Posted on 04/18/2023 1:54:17 PM PDT by george76

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To: Uncle Miltie

The now expired 1994 modern weapons ban covered a lot more than just Eugene Stoner’s little black rifle.

An “assault weapon” is anything they can scare people with by claiming it has a “military appearance”.

A “sniper rifle”, which they also want to ban, is anything to which glass sights could be attached.

Make no mistake: These people want to ban and take ALL FIREARMS. Every last one, no exceptions.

Plan accordingly.


41 posted on 04/18/2023 2:46:40 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: george76

‘give a brief, 15-second definition of the term “assault weapon,”’

Kind of a trick question, since they are calling for a return of the Clinton-era “assault weapons ban”, and I don’t think anyone on planet earth can describe what weapons meet the standards of that law in 15 seconds.


42 posted on 04/18/2023 2:50:43 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: george76

“anything can be an assault weapon. A rock, a rifle, a handgun, a person’s fist, a squirrel swung with enough velocity.”

If only we had banned “assault pies”, the original Bozo the clown might still be with us!


43 posted on 04/18/2023 2:53:03 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SgtHooper
This knucklehead is an expert on alcohol and tabacky!

I’m sure a haaarvaaard man doesn’t chew, so he must smoke nice Cuban cigars and drinks excessively, probably Cosmopolitans.


44 posted on 04/18/2023 2:54:21 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

African or European Swallow?


45 posted on 04/18/2023 2:56:32 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) )
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To: NorthMountain

But he’s loyal to the big man and party. He makes sure the ATF does his master’s bidding in every policy and regulation.

If the ATF just disappeared tomorrow, all together, what would change? Nothing.

Like the TSA it’s a political creation, a beast that was created long ago and looking for a budget and purpose today.


46 posted on 04/18/2023 2:58:54 PM PDT by Red6
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To: \/\/ayne

Enserio? Hey, Steve-the 80’s called-they want the hair back...


47 posted on 04/18/2023 2:59:28 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Red6
If the ATF just disappeared tomorrow, all together, what would change?

Beer bottle labels would start to be more ... ummmm ... Interesting. Exciting. Edgy.

48 posted on 04/18/2023 3:01:27 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: BenLurkin

I keep looking for Alice and that white rabbit-I know they are around here somewhere...


49 posted on 04/18/2023 3:02:26 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: george76

He’s just another dumbass who’s probably never even fired a Daisy BB gun.


50 posted on 04/18/2023 3:03:32 PM PDT by Kevin in California (EP)
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To: george76

‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.:


51 posted on 04/18/2023 3:10:16 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from the people who cann)
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To: george76

Great. What is a Woman? - I don’t know. What is an assault rifle? - I don’t know. What is a Lawyer?


52 posted on 04/18/2023 3:21:19 PM PDT by know.your.why (Be not eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to THE most boring conformity)
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To: george76

velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause

velocity of firearms .... I’ve been shooting for quite some time. Never saw a firearm with velocity. Can anyone post a video of “velocity of firearms”? I’d like to see it.

What damage different kinds of firearms cause .... unless it’s used as a blunt force instrument, what damage does a firearm cause?

Words matter. And the person that is supposed to run the ATF should know those words.


53 posted on 04/18/2023 3:23:13 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: george76

Elect a clown, expect a circus


54 posted on 04/18/2023 3:25:45 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: MeganC

An assault rifle is any rifle in the hands of the civilians or military that does not immediately stand out as “a hunting rifle”

If said firearm is in the hands of the “police” it is instead a “service rifle” or a “patrol rifle”


55 posted on 04/18/2023 3:31:32 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ya’ll knew he was installed via fraud, and chose to do nothing. Enjoy the roller coaster ride.)
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To: BenLurkin

That was good. I am going to print that post out.


56 posted on 04/18/2023 3:35:29 PM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: george76

A stick is an assault weapon if you beat the crap out of somebody with it. The libs love playing these semantic games. They treat language like play-doh, molding it to whatever meaning they want.

CC


57 posted on 04/18/2023 3:36:12 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: george76

If the AR-15 was good enough for Miss America 1962 to shoot it is good enough for us in all it’s forms!

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/07/blast-from-the-past-miss-america-shooting-a-cutting-edge-rifle/


58 posted on 04/18/2023 3:56:34 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: george76

An “ASSAULT WEAPON” is any “object-tool-body part-device that can be thrown, pushed, swung, or poked” in order to cause bodily harm to another object or person.

Therefore, any thing can be considered an “ASSAULT WEAPON”!


59 posted on 04/18/2023 4:00:11 PM PDT by 5th MEB
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To: BenLurkin
"I, unlike you, am not a firearms expert, to the same extent as you maybe, but we have people at ATF who can talk about velocity of firearms, what damage different kinds of firearms cause, so that whatever determination you chose to make would be an informed one,"

Perhaps they need a biologist?

60 posted on 04/18/2023 4:05:18 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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