Assault Weapon Ban Expired !

[sawleaf]

Why would you use a semi-automatic for hunting reasons and it seems a little to intense for self defense purposes. After all you can kill an attacker with using a pistol in a couple shots I don't see any reason why you would need to be able to unload on him and blast him threw the wall.

But I'm sure you would want that firepower option if it was your life that was on the line wouldn't you? There are plenty of semi-auto pistols as well. It is not a matter of why, but it is a matter of being able to arm yourself at your choosing, not at someone elses. Who is anyone to say how you can or can't protect yourself. I have many of these "assault" style weapons. I love them they are fun to own and shoot, but if someone breaks into my house am I coming at them with my M4 or AK. Nope, I do think that is excessive for home defense, but I am not going to say someone else shouldn't be able to do just that.

sawleaf Reviewed by sawleaf on 09-13-2004. Assault Weapon Ban Expired ! " FROM BATF............ Semiautomatic Assault Weapon Update By statute, the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices expired on September 13, 2004. As a result, certain sections of the Gun Control Act, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, and its implementing regulations, 27 CFR Part 478, are no longer in effect. " Well pisshead,seems that you were wrong..as I figured you might be-but I was waiting till I knew for sure-which is why I Rating: 5

[Sedater18]

eh, seems like an unreasonable amount of firepower to allow on the streets to me. I think they are highly more likely to be used as assult weapons then home defense. Some of them look pretty tight tho. Shoot guns gets you mad ripped.

[Sedater18]

shooting*

[sawleaf]

eh, seems like an unreasonable amount of firepower to allow on the streets to me. I think they are highly more likely to be used as assult weapons then home defense. Some of them look pretty tight tho. Shoot guns gets you mad ripped.

What you think and what is fact are two different things. If you look at crime data and surveys you will find that over 80% of firearms used in criminal activity are handguns. The assault weapons ban was a ban on weapon cosmetics. The same firearms were readily available for people wanting to buy them minus the banned cosmetic features. All it did was make firearm companies modify their products slightly. If you look into the law it really was very silly. For example, why ban bayonet lugs? When was the last time you heard on the news of someone getting robbed with an AK-47 let alone someone getting stabbed by a bayonet!?? Hey if bayonets are so bad then why not ban all antique civil war rifles and old flintlock muskets from ther revolutionary war???

[gs8778]

http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/th...html?22x116491

[clevemire]

Eh.. It's an open issue that could go on forever. Tabboo as racism and religion.

There are people who advocate weapons, and those who don't.

I just get nervous when inbreds like Torog get their hands on them...

[sawleaf]

http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/th...html?22x116491

That article leads people to believe that the market will be flooded with these weapons and that crime will spike. The market is already flooded with them. The ban was idiotic, all it did was get rid of certain features on these weapons that mean nothing at all. The firearm companies just made slight modifications to the weapons(such as changing the name and putting a different stock on them) and kept on making them. These so called assault weapons have been readily available and easy to get for the past 15 years! Nothing is going to change, we are not going to have people running around tomorrow shooting everything up. There were also plenty of other just as deadly, if not more, firearms available on the market which were not even targeted. Well, it's no use making a deal of it now. The ban is dead.

[gs8778]

Totally agree with you, just posted it so others could see what other stoners thought about the issue. You read the posts besides the 1st one with the article, right? Now gimmee my tec-9

[sawleaf]

Totally agree with you, just posted it so others could see what other stoners thought about the issue. You read the posts besides the 1st one with the article, right? Now gimmee my tec-9

lol You could buy Tec-9s during the ban. The ban just made the price increase. Hopefully it will drop now.

[rufusthestuntbum]

All guns should be banned, outside of hunting rifles. Assault weapons are made to kill people, thats the only purpose they serve. Handguns should be banned to. Protection/home defence? Give me a break, if you shoot a person for any reason you should go to jail. I have a shotgun, but if i hear a bump in the nite i grab louisville slugger. Grabbing a gun is barbaric. Its even funnier that you need a gun for protection from other peoples guns, yeah thats a reason not to ban them. Whatever moron said assault rifles arent used to rob 7-11, wow you are a quick one. These guns are the guns of choice for drive bys and gangland murder. Why do you need a muzzle that supresses flashes? It is a device to conceal murder, like a silencer or fringer proof gun handles, hardly fucking "cosmetic"
America is the only place on earth stupid enough for this to even be a debate