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What is an 'assault rifle'? - You've probably been lied to.
05/03/13, 11:22
That was the idea behind the 1934 National Firearms Act, and it worked. It also heavily regulated short barreled weapons. Both are now extremely expensive (which is why so few people have them), and banned outright in many states. |
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Floppy Diskette
05/01/13, 23:55
Office was worse, 35 floppies, IIRC. |
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Fat Black Guy Loves Peanut Butter and Jelly
05/01/13, 11:59
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Tattoo Assassins: nudalities
04/28/13, 14:56
YOU WOULDN'T HURT A GIRL, WOULD YOU? |
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The Tay Bridge Disaster, by William Topaz McGonnagall
04/14/13, 19:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Tay
William McGonnagall is hilariously bad. He's Scotland's "other" national poet. |
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Star 69
04/11/13, 23:55
Memories of late middle school / early high school... |
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Look at all those...
04/10/13, 12:53
She's happy now, but after a few more hits off the sippy cup she's gonna get angry, so watch out. |
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POETV watches people make stuff: a knife
04/10/13, 12:51
Cool stuff. |
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Lenin with cat
04/08/13, 22:14
***** |
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Hand Fart- The Sound of Silence, by Simon and Garfunkel
03/24/13, 12:15
Add the "manualist" tag, please. |
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Teen shot and killed in 'prank' by friends
03/24/13, 00:34
Watch out for those assault knives! They look way more scary than regular knives! Who needs a creepy black knife anyway? |
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What is an 'assault rifle'? - You've probably been lied to.
03/22/13, 00:48
The very idea of the law neuters itself. In order to completely ban all "assault weapons" and weapons of equal firepower, one would have to outlaw semiautomatic firearms completely in this country. Scary looking "assault weapons" have exactly the same functional characteristics as non-scary "hunting rifles" which the assault weapons ban(s) completely ignore. I strongly doubt such a broad ban would survive judicial review, even if it magically got through congress somehow. |
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Minecraft - Beetle Juice
03/21/13, 12:46
Intense. |
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Dianne Feinstein gets a lecture from Ted Cruz...
03/17/13, 00:51
Also potentially of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon#Relation_to_assault_rifles |
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Dianne Feinstein gets a lecture from Ted Cruz...
03/17/13, 00:48
I guess my point is that people argue quite strongly against others having rights that they do not understand.
You clearly do not understand firearms. You wish to ban certain types because they look scary, regardless of the fact that other weapons with exactly the same functional characteristics are allowed under the proposed law. This makes no sense.
People who want to ban gay marriage don't understand basic human rights.
In both cases, I've found that a little education goes a long way.
"Assault rifles" are capable of selective fire (burst and/or fully automatic). These are already illegal, and are virtually never used in crimes in the US. The proposed bill seeks to ban certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles based on cosmetic features. Other rifles with exactly the same action are allowed, because they have wood stocks instead of plastic ones.
How exactly will this bill reduce gun violence? The last time we tried it (the 1994 AWB) there was no statistically measurable drop in gun violence, see the CDC and NIJ studies. Do we really expect a different result this time around? |
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Dianne Feinstein gets a lecture from Ted Cruz...
03/17/13, 00:41
Shrug, I didn't say it was *valid*, but people can construct arguments about how it destroys society, and feel very strongly about it. I similarly do not believe most of gun control measures being bandied about lately will do one whit of good, despite their good intentions.
I cannot believe "assault weapons" harm our society in any significant way. The data appears to agree with me - the overwhelming majority of semiautomatic firearms in this country are never used in any crime. Homicides due to rifles (of ANY sort) are a tiny minority compared to dozens of other causes. This doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything, but I do not believe that passing illogical and ineffective legislation which bans certain kinds of rifles only on cosmetic grounds makes any sense.
Regarding assault rifles, don't believe me, educate yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle or look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yATeti5GmI8 |
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Chez-zam!
03/16/13, 15:08
They did nothing to deserve it, they had to suffer through it because managers are soulless, brainless, sadists. |
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What causes AIDS?
03/16/13, 12:24
Are you really assuming that straight or even straight religious people are a monolithic, homogenous group? Please.
Those of us that don't believe his bullshit vote against him. Sometimes we lose, since there are an awful lot of idiots out there. |
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Dianne Feinstein gets a lecture from Ted Cruz...
03/16/13, 12:17
No different? No. What I was implying is that rights are uncomfortable. To understand people across the political spectrum it is useful to take a restriction you think is reasonable on right A, and apply it to right B.
YOU think owning "assault rifles" is unreasonable. We'll leave your confusion regarding what is and what is not an assault rifle out of this for the time being.
The person across the street may think that marrying someone of the same sex is unreasonable.
A third person thinks that allowing abortions of any kind is unreasonable.
So when you think "who needs that kind of scary gun, we should ban it!" You ought to consider how you feel when people say things like "only welfare moms need abortions, we should ban them!" or "gay marriage is an offense against god, we should ban it!"; whatever your most dear rights are, I'm sure you find assaults against them very troubling. Especially when the people doing the assaulting clearly do not understand the existing law or the finer details of what they seek to ban.
This is one reason why arguments like "nobody really needs X" don't sit well with me.
And recall that the overwhelming majority of gun owners in this country never harm another human with their firearms. |
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Dianne Feinstein gets a lecture from Ted Cruz...
03/16/13, 02:53
And Bort, you seem to be confusing me for a rabid NRA member.
Again, I'm all for rational gun policies which make an actual difference in gun violence, and do not overly restrict people's rights.
Banning grenades/stinger missiles/etc? Great. We already do this.
Expanding background checks? Great, provided we can create a workable system.
Expanding funding for mental health care? Great!
Promoting safe storage? Great!
The "assault weapons" ban / magazine capacity restrictions? Illogical, ineffective, and overly politically risky. |
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