So, you wish to discuss me and my comments without the courtesy of a ping? It was my understanding that when you talk about someone and their comments that protocol was to ping them. Perhaps I was mistaken about that.
I will protect and defend - this country - from enemies both foriegn and domestic. My comment regarding this particular weapon was just an opinion - not meant to be taken as a desire to ban any firearm from civilian ownership - including this one. Hey, if you wish to and can afford to own it, buy it. I’m not on any overt campaign to rid firearms from this country. But, I do advocate that firearms be owned and used by people who will not abuse them. I’d hope others would feel the same way. If you see this as backing away from my original comment, then, I guess it is. I’m capable of admitting my original post was not as well thought out as I could have made it.
Try and take my lawfully owned firearms from me after some sensationalistic nonsense gets illegally voted into law, and I will defend myself from YOU.
I understand the knee-jerk fear those not familiar with certain classes of weapons have. I know how far the issue has been politicized and how much misinformation is out there.
Don't fall for any of it. The ONLY reason legislators want to ban any classification of arms is because it gives them more power and control over us.
There is no other legitimate reason. I don't care how scary a weapon is, how "dangerous" it is portrayed as being, or what imagined danger they tell you the public will be in. It's all lies and demonstrably so.
Push for more penalties for those who commit actual crimes with them. A priori restraint on mere possession violates the Constitution and the very reasoning used by the Founders to write the Second Amendment. Those reasons are every bit as valid today as they were back when the King's men were given the order to raid the public armory in Boston.
Human nature does not change that much over time. The veneer of civil society is VERY thin and we should all take our personal security seriously.
Should our government continue going off the rails, would you rather be standing there with your pump shot gun or black powder muzzle loader? Or would you want the best and most powerful weapons your money can buy?
Call it paranoia if you dare, but that only would betray an ignorance of current events and the observable reality that our Federal government is already operating well beyond it's Constitutional limits. It's a very short step from ignoring limits to loading people onto box cars.
"...not meant to be taken as a desire to ban any firearm from civilian ownership"
I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word "available" is.
To me, wishing something was "not available" means "ban it" to most people.
If you see this as backing away from my original comment, then, I guess it is. I’m capable of admitting my original post was not as well thought out as I could have made it.
Well, at least you're honest.
Sorry about the ping.
I am an absolutist on the BOR.
I am also a fan of the 10th. Mountain my Dad was in 10th. during WWII until he was shipped to the Pacific. My family has alos been here since before the Revolution and has fought in most of it’s wars.
’ It was my understanding that when you talk about someone and their comments that protocol was to ping them’
You’re right, forgot to ping you to #136.