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Originally Posted by pxmcc
...i'm pretty sure you know i was referring to semi auto ar-style with a high capacity magazine. there is no need for those. they're designed for war and killing people. that's it.
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Gonna hit a few other comments, but let us start with yours. If you and other uniformed people would be so kind as to show us underlings the words:
- Bunny Rabbit or
- Deer or
- Antelope or
- Game Birds or
- Any Other frick'n Animal
As they appears in any the following:
- Declaration of Independence
- US Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Federalist Papers
- Any other writings of the Founding Fathers
That would be great...
Let us be crystal clear -- The Second Amendment was very specifically about, and
only about, weapons of war. Period, end of discussion. Game Over.
Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Just to be clear, a comma, as used at the time, was basically equivalent to an and. Besides, we've all seen the Mel Gibson (Ambassador to L.A.) movie, The Patriot. AmmIrite? If said weapons could also put dinner on the table -- Double Bonus!
Don't believe me?!? Take it from the Billy Mays of his time, i.e. Alexander Hamilton, who authored
85 Federalist papers, in an effort to sell ratification of the US Constitution to the then thirteen States. 85 commercials to do so, plus one Bill of Rights. Otherwise, there was No Deal to be had.
See Federalist 29 below:
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...THE power of regulating the militia, and of commanding its services in times of insurrection and invasion are natural incidents to the duties of superintending the common defense, and of watching over the internal peace of the Confederacy...
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In point of actual fact, the States were entirely against a standing army riding heard over sovereign Americans. Say! Did you catch that bit about "invasion" above? Welcome to today.
So to another area; machine guns, i.e. full-auto: Yes Virginia, they are legal to own. They are very expensive to acquire (typically $15K+), require that a certain part, the seer, be manufactured before 1985 and require a tax, i.e. tax stamp, which takes over 2 years to process, in a good year.
Frankly, their functionality is questionable in my mind as they spew about 90-120 rounds in a skinny minute and are very difficulty to control with much accuracy. Personally, I would say no to full-auto, so long as we can have select fire, i.e. 3 round burst and single round as an option, known as select fire. Doubtless, you've seen the rage-heads spray'n and pray'n over their heads with their AKs without to much as a cursory sighting in?
Some say "High Capacity" like it means something. What about 7 rounds? That seems reasonable. AmIrite?!? Alrighty then. So a 12 gauge shot gun with 3 1/2" shells of 00-buck, should be fine, even though that would limit it to 150+ yards, with 9 30 caliber slugs per shot x 7 rounds. What about a 20 round drum, for kicks?
But my own recommendation is learning the many laws concerning idiot management before one tries to wrap a couple brain cells around basic weapons, their designs and practical intended purpose.
As to buy-backs; I paraphrase Charlton Heston:
Cold dead hand beotches.
