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I'd like someone who has some knowledge in the subject to explain to me why media bobble heads keep saying these '****ault weapons' are only needed by Military and Law Enforcement include law enforcement at all. Clearly they think these weapons were designed for military offensive use. Why does a police officer need an '****ault weapon'?
http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/20...n-gun-control/
Best write up I have seen on the subject. Not sure if already posted.
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That's a tough balancing act. Militarization of police v. enabling the police to safely do their jobs.Originally Posted by Dexa
The logic behind the column is muddy, Firstly, you know where the author is going when the header picture is that of a funeral home in the background and children in the foreground. Second, any weapon is an ****ault weapon. To attach the moniker "****ault" weapon to the AR-15 only is not fair and shows ignorance.
Thirdly, the left has used the courts and politics to push their agenda for a long time. The tactics which the author objected to (inadvertently) have been used for a long time to p**** all kinds of laws.
This statement is true by a technicality, but in reality it's false. I invite the author to tell us how is he going to ban guns, and how is he going to collect the 300 million guns out there. I wonder if he thinks Roe v Wade is settled?In other words, the law of the Second Amendment is not settled; no law, not even the Constitution, ever is.
I hope I am not the type of ****hole who would write a column like that. The type of ****hole that praises political tactics when it helps his causes, and condemns them when it doesn't.
We're here! We're ****! We don't want any more bears!
the north hollywood shootout really started it.
Can you give me a reason why law enforcement shouldn't have "****ault weapons"? I don't see any reason why they shouldn't...
Yeah, and it's the same reason I would need one. In case..
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I disagree the problem is that we allow dangerous mentally ill people to blend in with society, to walk the streets, to live in the streets. These mentally ill people when diagnosed should be locked away from society. They should be kept in institutions under lock and key until the end of their lives. This has nothing to do with guns or video games or movies. This has to do with our acceptance of people who are dangerously mentally ill living amongst us. I know that this might sound harsh to some, but for the majority of human existence this has been the remedy to the problem of mentally ill people. It was not until the 1970's when it changed and we simply started to release these people into everyday society.
I can give you the exact reason that police officers need ****ault weapons. It started after this occurred http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout
Now almost all police carry some type of semi-automatic weapon in their vehicles at all times. Before this incident they rarely carried nothing more than a handgun and a shotgun. It is simply a matter of being able to engage criminals with the same amount of firepower.
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We do a lot to try and find the mentally ill and try and help them. But in the end it has to be up to the family and the people around those that are mentally ill that have to help them. We probably over diagnose things like mental illness and ADD/ADHD now though. As a society do you want to resort to what the ****'s did and separate full parts of the population because the might be mentally ill? You know how ridiculous that sounds?
Not really sure what you mean by trying to find the mentally ill, they are on the street corners of almost every major city, not too hard to find. Police encounter them on a daily basis, but due to the lack of funds to treat and house them they are just sent back out after their regular encouters with law enforcement. The families of the dangerously mental ill many times do not want to or can deal with these people. They have been abandoned to try and live a "normal life" however they do not know what normal is. Comparing taking dangerous mental patients off the streets to "what the ****'s did" is a pretty big jump. However, I guess if we are not willing to do this then we can look forward to the erosion of further civil liberties of all of U.S. society. Severe censorship of entertainment, and the elimination of the Second Amendment. Generally, just slipping into what the European Union is now.
For every mental head case that kills 26 kids due to a mental illness you have a ton more geniuses with schzophrenia or bi-polar disorder or other disabilities that you would rather have locked up.
What entertainment do they censor in the EU?
The traditional argument against making our local police a paramilitary force is the protection of personal liberty from authority.
fascinating...
on which side do you fall?
So it seems like law-abiding citizens should have the same right.
That or cops shouldn't bust down doors with AR-15s unless they know they will be met with something comparable.
I tend to believe that our police shouldn't out-man the population. The N. Hollywood Shootout was pretty scary and all, but let's just have some National Guardsmen come out in that situation. I live in Norman now, and I don't like the idea of the NPD being able to control large portions of the population due to having advanced weaponry.
(I know that sounds absurd and all, but I believe in decentralized power and I don't trust cops.)
Doctors' kitchen knives ban call
Knife
Doctors say knives are too pointed
A&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing.
knives longer than 4 inches are against the law in tennessee if the holder of the knife has an intent to be armed.
Knives that can be opened by a mechanism are illegal to carry? Is that right. Kershaw has several knives that have a piece that sticks out the back of the knife that quickly opens the blade. You can it it on the bottom left of the bottom knife in this picture. These types are illegal to carry.
Other knives that can be opened by something like a push button can not be carried on your person. Like this knife.
Has anyone ever studied the incidence and frequency of minimal **** size in gun owners versus the normal population?
even if it's been done......you should replicate it.....it would be right up your alley...so to speak..
I am always packing a pair of 9's...one 9 mm and one 9 inch...
We know which is which. :troll:
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The only type of knife illegal in fl is a ballistic knife.Knives that can be opened by a mechanism are illegal to carry? Is that right. Kershaw has several knives that have a piece that sticks out the back of the knife that quickly opens the blade. You can it it on the bottom left of the bottom knife in this picture. These types are illegal to carry.
Other knives that can be opened by something like a push button can not be carried on your person. Like this knife.
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i carry this knife every day.Knives that can be opened by a mechanism are illegal to carry? Is that right. Kershaw has several knives that have a piece that sticks out the back of the knife that quickly opens the blade. You can it it on the bottom left of the bottom knife in this picture. These types are illegal to carry.
I got it for my BIL for Xmas. He's the one who told me the push buttons types were not legal to carry. He could be wrong but he's pretty educated on guns, knives etc.
I glanced over yalls laws quickly and it appears he may be correct for non ccl holders.
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Spring ****isted is different than push button
First step to confiscation:
Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
Background check of owner and any transferee;
Type and serial number of the firearm;
Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
Guess it's okay to joke about guns when you're the dumb**** in chief.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...st_read_module
President Barack Obama revealed the 'real reason' he wanted a second term as president is because his daughter Malia, age 14, is about to start dating boys.
'One of the main incentives of running was continued Secret Service protection so we can have men with guns around at all times,' the father of two joked
Saw that...looks like you can get your name in the paper
ALERT: Legislation Details: Senate to Ban Hundreds of Semiautomatic Rifles, Handguns, Shotguns, Magazines; Includes Fingerprint Registration Requirement
On another note: Legislation to be introduced to Congress, that requires any American over the age of 50 to be thrown into the Soylent Green Reconstitution ****emblage, so as to contribute to the feeding of the population.
[QUOTE=SoonerWalkon;1007335]ALERT: Legislation Details: Senate to Ban Hundreds of Semiautomatic Rifles, Handguns, Shotguns, Magazines; Includes Fingerprint Registration Requirement
Guns with detachable clips???!!!!Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
120 specifically-named firearms
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
Actually, your post exhibits the lack of knowledge that you have about the 2nd amendment, the purpose of the 2nd amendment, and the fight to keep the 2nd amendment a pertinent right in the Bill of Rights. So, I would say, you are exhibiting a "special kind of ignorance". But you are not alone, as those that believe that government can fix everything also believe this.
I was responding directly to that ****ed blog post. Specifically:
You couldn't BE more wrong about my vantage point. You are 100% incorrect, and it's so DELICIOUS because you're so whacked out you are convinced that whatever into your head must be true! It's pretty LOLcopter.UPDATE: My libertarian friend David Sack sent me this:
"Someone at the office asked me, yesterday, what type of “arms” I thought the Second Amendment protects. The answer to that is those arms of the same caliber and quantity as the armed federal officers who come to your door have."
Not that you're interested in listening to what ANYONE has to say, but I don't "believe that the government can fix everything". Good gosh, where on earth did you even GET that?! It's laughable. I'll tell you this, though, if people of the perception and intelligence that you employ are given arms of the same caliber and quantity as federal officers, I might actually become a raging liberal, begging for the federal government to take over and solve THAT problem.
Read the ****ing thread.
Very interesting and thorough.
You can bet its coming. A lot sooner than people think. The fact they are already regulating the guns we can and can't own is bull****.
No way that proposal gets thru congress.
Yeah, that's a worst-case-scenario I can't imagine happening. But we need to be careful to see what those jackwagons DO get through. :/
If the republicans cave on guns( and taxes), then there isn't any reason to be a republican.
I think Feinstein actually realizes the last ban was a joke, but her proposal isn't even worth a response. No republicans should vote for it and any dem in a red state shouldn't vote for it. It would be political suicide.
Britain is the most violent country in Europe, over 4x as many violent crimes as the US per 100,000.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...frica-U-S.html
Knives that can be opened by a mechanism are illegal to carry? Is that right. Kershaw has several knives that have a piece that sticks out the back of the knife that quickly opens the blade. You can it it on the bottom left of the bottom knife in this picture. These types are illegal to carry.
Other knives that can be opened by something like a push button can not be carried on your person. Like this knife.
Those aren't illegal to carry in Oklahoma (top knife). The Ken Onion designed Kershaws are not spring ****isted. They have a "cam" in them that speeds the opening of the blade once the thumb stud is pushed forward. They are not considered "automatics" (ie pushbuttons, switchblades) that only require pressing a button. Automatics are illegal to carry unless you are law enforcement or active military. The Ken Onion Kershaws still require the user to push the blade open with a finger/thumb stud and are not illegal to carry. I've carried one for years and have even showed it to the po-po when I called the police because a dude was in our office after hours stealing laptops. I advised the cop that I was threatened and pulled it out in self defense. The cop then asked me to see it. He basically said "nice knife" and handed it back to me. The restrictions on pocket knives are the blade must be less than 4 inches and no automatics unless qualified (police or active military).
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I wasn't saying the Kershaw was illegal.
You said "these types of knives are illegal to carry" right below your description of the Kershaw in your quoted text.
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