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View Poll Results: Should the government control the sale of machine guns
No, guns should be available to the average citizen 66 51.56%
Yes, machine guns should not be accessible to citizens 62 48.44%
Voters: 128. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-29-2012, 07:03 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Originally Posted by uggabugga View Post
so, under your proposal, james holmes, christina aguillera, george zimmerman, and tens of millions of others would be issued a firearm

what about felons, or mental defectives - they're included?

and what of the millions of people older than 45?
That would be one scary militia, would love to see the candidates for the regulation part.
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Old 07-29-2012, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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OK gun nuts. Your average person considers a full auto AK as a machine gun. Yes, bought before a certain date, they are legal.

Just because someone doesn't know how to tear one down in seconds, doesn't mean you should use that against their argument.

Full auto firearms have been restricted from public sale for a long time. You can still buy legal full auto guns. They are grandfathered in, and usually quite expensive.

No reason to outlaw those also. I can't remember the last mass shooting in the states with legal full auto weapons.

Restricting legal magazine size would add precious seconds between reloads in those situations. That's the only gun control I support right now. I'd like to see further education before someone can buy a gun, but that wont happen ever.
There have been several murders using AK-47's, several sodiers were killed in Carson City, NV last year but still nowhere close to handguns.

Good luck limiting magazine size, if you tried to put in a restriction to go from 30 to 29 rounds people would be up in arms over the inconvenience.
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Old 07-29-2012, 08:44 AM
 
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I ask this question in this thread......

This questions is not for anyone who knows about guns, it's for people who are......well.....not versed on guns and will follow right or wrong....so....

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Please, tell me/us what the difference in these 2 rifles are, really, don't be afraid......we only want to attempt to know how smart you are....

Remington Model 7400 .308

and

ar .308 - Google Search

We are waiting to understand what you are trying to say...
Nobody answered in the other thread either.....

I'll be waiting....
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Old 07-29-2012, 08:45 AM
 
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An AK-47 isn't a machine gun - so your thread fails right off the bat.

Furthermore - an M-60(which is a machine gun) is legal to own in the United States as is an AK-47(a semi-automatic rifle).

So - what is the point of the thread?


www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfmVJP_rQZg
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Old 07-29-2012, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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I ask this question in this thread......

This questions is not for anyone who knows about guns, it's for people who are......well.....not versed on guns and will follow right or wrong....so....



Nobody answered in the other thread either.....

I'll be waiting....
One looks scary. :grin:


Ok, so I know a few things about guns.
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Old 07-29-2012, 10:08 AM
 
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One looks scary. :grin:


Ok, so I know a few things about guns.


The problem, that's the way people think.....it looks scary, so they roll with it.....
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Old 07-29-2012, 03:50 PM
 
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I imagine that OP thinks that it should not be legal - but it would be helpful if he explained to us why.
First you have to prove if the OP thinks....

So far other than the miserable excuse of a Start New Post post he remains absent.

No doubt off flagilating himself due to guilt.
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Old 07-29-2012, 03:52 PM
 
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has anyone voted on this thread? I don't know if that comma can be deleted in the poll, so I refuse to vote.
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Old 07-29-2012, 06:18 PM
 
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its 24-21 in favor of allowing people to own them.
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Old 07-29-2012, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Lewes, Delaware
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I ask this question in this thread......

This questions is not for anyone who knows about guns, it's for people who are......well.....not versed on guns and will follow right or wrong....so....



Nobody answered in the other thread either.....

I'll be waiting....
I'm still surprised that more gun companies didn't take advantage of a pump action rifle like the 7400, great gun and more accurate than it should be. A few years ago a company was offering the 7600 in .35 Whelen. Of course I missed out on it.
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