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Rational Basis Analysis of "Assault Weapon" Prohibition (Long, but must read)
Independence Institute ^
| 1994
| David Kopel
Posted on 04/16/2003 9:31:02 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
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I needed to post this since amazingly, some people even here are actually defending the ban.
To: *bang_list
Bang!
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posted on
04/16/2003 9:33:55 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
("Democracy, whiskey! And sexy!")
Bump to read later
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posted on
04/16/2003 9:42:06 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
ditto
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posted on
04/16/2003 9:56:20 PM PDT
by
madison46
(Bandwagon was full when it left the gate - I hope it remains too full for frogs & co.)
To: Dan from Michigan
People should be able to "keep and bear" the same arms our "authorities" use against us, including those automatic weapons we saw used in the Elian Gonzales kidnaping and the tank cannon used against Mt. Carmel in Waco.
To: Dan from Michigan
The prohibition is no more rational than a prohibition on beer based on legislative "findings" that beer grows on trees, that a single sip always causes instant physical addiction,
And yet when a libertarian makes the same statement about marijuana,
a hefty portion of the gun crowd gets 'up in arms.' The refusal to
recognize that gungrabbers and drugwarriors are two sides of one antiliberty
coin leads to a split in what should be solid support for the freedom of both.
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posted on
04/16/2003 9:57:30 PM PDT
by
gcruse
(The F word, N word, C word: We're well on our way to spelling 'France.')
To: Dan from Michigan
A folding stock makes a gun shorter and easier to carry, thus making it useful to hunters. Non-NFA firearms with folding stocks (as distinct from folding actions) are a fair bit larger than smallish rifles/shotguns without them. To avoid NFA classification, a firearm with a folding stock must have a minimum collapsed length of 26"; since the sights, grip, and trigger are usually located for maximum utility with the stock unfolded (which, to be meaningful, must add at least 6" to the gun) this means such firearms generally have a useful length of 32" or more. While a rifle that's e.g. 34" collapsable to 26" has some advantages over one that's simply 26" long, concealability is hardly one of them.
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:08:36 PM PDT
by
supercat
(TAG--you're it!)
To: Dan from Michigan
bflr
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:15:27 PM PDT
by
Drammach
To: nightdriver
and the tank cannon used against Mt. Carmel in Waco.What 'tank cannon'?
Is this more "urban legend" in the making?
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:19:20 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: nightdriver
including those automatic weapons we saw used ..... like by the gangs during prohibition?
No thanks.
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:20:47 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: Dan from Michigan
Because of an injury to her wrist, she was unable to use a handgun. WAIT Wait wait -
- she *only* had one arm too?
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:23:00 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: Dan from Michigan
30-round ammunition magazineA 30-round clip?
THAT is a little excessive for defense of property in a city (unless, of course, you're protecting your storefront property somewhere in LA during a riot) ...
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:25:38 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: _Jim
What's the difference between one 30 round and three 10 rounders?
About 2 seconds. Besides, it's none of the fed's business anyway. 10th Amendment(As well as 2nd amendment)
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:30:18 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("I have two guns. One for each of ya." - Doc Holliday)
To: Dan from Michigan
Baaaaad article. Quite literally falls apart in several places in the last several paragraphs IMNSHO ...
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:31:55 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: Dan from Michigan
What's the difference between one 30 round and three 10 rounders?Twenty additional stray ballistic projectiles ...
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:33:09 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: _Jim
Gee, I didn't realize this was the Democratic Underground gun corner...
To: Dan from Michigan
Let's try that this way:
What's the difference between one 30 round[er] and three [one] 10 rounders? Twenty additional stray ballistic un-accounted-for projectiles ...
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:35:17 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
To: _Jim
30-round ammunition magazine
"A 30-round clip?"
Thanks for demonstrating you know zilch about guns.
To: _Jim
BS.
Detach magazine. Insert new magazine. Click, fire.
Luckily, my Congressman and Former FBI agent agrees with me.
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:36:37 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("I have two guns. One for each of ya." - Doc Holliday)
To: flashbunny
I didn't realize this was the Democratic Underground gun corner...What?
Don't they like guns?
(I do - they have a place, a time and a reason for being. C&C *should* be a right in *every* state!)
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posted on
04/16/2003 10:36:53 PM PDT
by
_Jim
( // NASA has a better safety record than NASCAR \\)
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