Posted on 07/23/2012 9:57:19 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
What purpose does an AR-15 serve to a sportsman that a more standard hunting rifle does not serve? Lets see does it fire more rounds without reload? Yes. Does it fire farther and more accurately? Yes. Does it accommodate a more lethal payload? Yes. So basically, the purpose of an assault style weapon is to kill more stuff, more fully, faster and from further away. To achieve maximum lethality....
These people believe that the US government is eventually going to go street by street and enslave our citizens. Now as long as that is only happening to liberals, homosexuals and democrats no problem. But if they try it with anyone else its going to be arms-ageddon and these committed, God-fearing, brave souls will then use their military-esque arsenal to show the forces of our corrupt government whats-what. These people think they meet the definition of a militia. They dont. At least not the constitutional one. And, if it should actually come to such an unthinkable reality, these people believe they would win. Thats why they have to take our country back. From who? From anyone who doesnt think like them or see the world like them. They hold the only truth, everyone else is dangerous. Ever meet a terrorist that doesnt believe that? Just asking.
Then there are the folks who write that if everyone in Colorado had a weapon, this maniac would have been stopped. Perhaps. But I do believe that the element of surprise, tear gas and head to toe kevlar protection might have given him a distinct edge. Not only that, but a crowd of people firing away in a chaotic arena without training or planning I tend to think that scenario could produce even more victims....
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Hey Costanza! When did you stop doing the opposite of what your instincts tell you to do? Go back to doing it.
The M-16, military half-brother to the civilian AR-15, was not designed to kill. It’s design is to injure and maim. The theory is that an injured enemy will take out the effectiveness of two others to care for him..................
So much for his Guest spot on Sons of Guns.
Hey Jason, if you want my AR-15, come on over and try to take it.
Oh that’s right, you just Support and Vote for people that will use the power of the State to take them. Of course that is the real reason we own the Guns in the first place.
The gun control crowd has latched on to the AR-15....because it sounds so ‘machine gunesque’.
They seem to have forgotten the use of a shotgun...and by Alexander’s own false litmus test (use for hunting and sport), I can think of no other weapon that meets this criteria more. And, quite frankly, most hardened gun control advocates will ‘allow’ a shotgun.
Alexander also seems to forget that this maniac made bombs and put them in his apartment...despite federal laws against making bombs. No matter what the laws are, nuts like this will find a way.
How stupid IS this guy? Or maybe I should say, ignorant.
Jason:
2010 homicides: 12,272
Not 100,000 you moron.
I fully support 2nd Amendment rights. But playing Devil's Advocate for a moment, critics will seize on the perp's 100-round magazine for the AR to support their gun-grab argument. I own a shotgun and several rifles but have been away from active shooting sports for some years. Are magazines of that capacity available for magazine-fed semi-auto sporting rifles? I simply don't know but rather doubt it.
Jason Alexander was born in New Jersey and has an estimated net worth of $75 million dollars
From libtard tyrants who want to establish a system of statism and socialism.
Not gasoline, they would just make “fire” illegal.
Problem solved.
“The M-16, military half-brother to the civilian AR-15, was not designed to kill. Its design is to injure and maim. The theory is that an injured enemy will take out the effectiveness of two others to care for him..................”
I would rather face a guy with a an AR-15 than a guy with a Remington 700 chambered in .308. Or any other caliber for that matter.
The number I have heard is that a wounded soldier requires 7 people, a dead soldier none.
Jason Alexander - Still stuck on stupid after all these years.
Slip back into obscurity Jason, when we want any crap out of you we’ll squeeze your head.
What purpose does an AR-15 serve to a sportsman that a more standard hunting rifle does not serve?And Not All Of Them Work For The GovernmentWe don't need to justify constitutional rights.
Most especially not to poorly informed, half crazy, hypocritical left wingers.
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District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
Was a landmark case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that:
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes in federal enclaves, such as self-defense within the home.
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McDonald v. Chicago, 130 S. Ct. 3020 (2010)
Was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that determined whether the Second Amendment applies to the individual states.
The Court held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the Second Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states.
The decision cleared up the uncertainty left in the wake of District of Columbia v. Heller as to the scope of gun rights in regard to the states.
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Soooo...... Mr. A....
Take all the immediate emotion and sorrow surrounding the Aurora "Batman massacre" out of the larger construct of legal argument...
Let's talk it over.
I was counting the two immediate enemy that would have to carry him. If you include medics and other medical and support personnel, yeah, I can see 7 or more........either way, the enemy is diminished in effectiveness.......
Mr. Alexander has good reason for anxiety about his “gun.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUNNKzj_Nc
“ALL weapons are assault weapons. That’s why they are called ‘weapons’”
Anything can be considered a weapon, an SUV, stick, rock, frying pan, screwdriver, hammer, pencil or the common blunt
object. If used as weapon to “assault”, then yes any thing becomes an assault weapon.
So tired of morons classifying certain guns as assault weapon, a gun is an inanimate object and does not think or perform actions.
The thing I still do not understand, how did the media get all the info on the alleged shooter so fast? We have a POTUS and we still question his background, yet crickets! No guns are not the problem, the media, stupid celebrities and evil people are the problem.
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