Assault Weapon Ban Expired !

[sawleaf]

Button Basher, it's cool to talk to someone that isn''t going to scream and say I'm evil because I have firearms. Though our opinions are different, we can still hear each other out without anger and insulting posts that seem to be too common on the boards. You are right about the assault weapon for security in my opinion. It is funny, because I actually own an AK-47 and a AR-15(the civilian version of the M-16), both are semi-auto and not the military versions, but would never think of using them for home security. I never want to see the day that I have to pull out my pistol and point it at another person let alone think of shooting someone. And I can imagine that I'd be crapping my pants if I had a situation on my hands where I had to use the AK-47 instead. It just doesn't seem possible in the neighborhood I live in and the current life we live here. But I am not against anyone owning them as long as they are not criminals. It is certainly tons of fun to go shooting on my friends land. No I don't hunt with "assault weapons", but it is a hobby of mine to shoot them. What is so wrong with that? Here in the USA, we have many gun laws on the books already, that are not inforced strictly at all. With continued problems people see more laws as the answer when the current laws are being ignored. My problem with the assault weapon ban was that it didn't ban anything really but weapon cosmetics. It didn't do anything to stop criminals from getting guns. I am against gun control, but for enforcing current gun laws and harsher laws that punish misuse of firearms.

[sawleaf]

2004 gun control facts:
http://www.gunowners.org/fs0404.htm

what will it take for peole to understand that control doesn't work. how many hundreds of years of this type of action will it take.

Thanks for the fact post Pisshead. Another fact that I didn't read on that page is that most of the situations where criminals were stopped with firearms, the firearm was not even shot. Displaying a gun can stops most crimes. But a firearm should never be pulled out unless there is full intent to use it. Also adding a laser sight to a firearm can double the intimidation factor of a firearm. Situations resolved with no violence are the best ones. That's why next to my security .45 is a huge can of pepper spray. Non-lethal force is always the best, but you should go into any encounter prepared for the worst.

[pisshead]

exactly, that's why we need to repeal all gun laws. you'd watch the crime rate go straight down. it's one of the reasons why we have the 2nd amendment.

check out the whole 2004 fact sheet, and it should be clear why. gun control has never worked and will never work, ever.

[Sedater18]

history isn't repeating itself to the full extreme.

I was going to reply but im to lazy to read all the shit you guys said. You guys are hardcore with this shit.

[sawleaf]

history isn't repeating itself to the full extreme.

I was going to reply but im to lazy to read all the shit you guys said. You guys are hardcore with this shit.

Well you should at least click on the links Pisshead posted and read some facts about firearms. Damn right I'm hardcore about firearms. The same as I am about cannabis. Though I never go shooting high at all. I treat all firearms with a high degree of respect. If I can give a rat's ass about what the government says about me using cannabis, why the hell would I care what people have to say about my gun ownership? I am not a criminal. I didn't purchase my firearms to rob or kill people. Therefore why should anyone say what I can or cannot own? Why should I be punished for what others do?