Triple G wrote:
Military weapons are different than guns as tools.... (
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How very typical of you to post the very same nonsense I just talked about.
NO I do not need an AK, "to get rid of a den of foxes getting your farm animals, or to put down a sick horse, or shoot something for dinner purposes, or to defend yourself from a human predator." But AGAIN, the 2nd Amendment was not written by our Founding Fathers to do any of these things was it? Apparently you are not capable of simply paying attention are you?
Semi Auto rifles and pistols are not necessarily military weapons at all as evidenced by the FACT semi auto firearms have been in widespread use in America as Sporting firearms for well over 100 years now. Rifles are still manufactured by a number of sporting firearms companies to be used for the same purposes you mentioned and in far more powerful rifles than the AK and AR platforms you on the Left whine and bitch about. Take a good look at the Winchester Model 100, the Remington Model 740/7400, the Browning semi automatic rifle in calibers up to 338 Winchester Magnum. Every one of these rifles even from numerous other manufacturers as well are in far more powerful calibers than are the AK and AR rifles you complain about.
Your problem on the Left is your ongoing ignorance about firearms in general. That ignorance is right from the top down as your President, POS Biden is on record as saying, adding a pistol brace onto a firearm makes the gun more powerful and fires a bigger bullet. Of course anyone who is capable of breathing should know that is nothing but ignorance and bullshit combined. Yet many of you on the Left not only pass that ignorance along to others but actually believe it is true.
From Left Wing Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee, "I've held an AR-15 in my hand, I wish I hadn't, it is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving and the bullet that is utilized, a 50 caliber, these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and to not need to be on the street."
This is the type of complete nonsense you on the Left believe. Of course the actual term is more along the lines of complete lies and bullshit from the always lying and/or idiotic Congresswoman Lee. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a lie in every respect.
There are some firearms that are regulated and only by obtaining a special permit can firearms like full auto machine guns be possessed these days. But so can 20mm aircraft cannons with the appropriate permit. Browning and other 50 caliber machine guns can be possessed as well as various machine pistols. But apparently you don't know these are full automatic firearms that did not used to be licensed. They were no problem in America except for isolated instances. The general public owned them and from those people no problems were known.
Apparently you are unaware that semi auto firearms were well known in America when the Revolutionary War was in full swing. For you to tell us military firearms are not needed is just another lie. The single shot British Brown Bess was a military weapon. So was every other firearm in American civilian use since that time, up to and including firearms from the Civil War up until the present. Sportsmen and women use military styled firearms because they have been proven to work under adverse conditions. Do not forget the Founding Fathers knew all about semi auto firearms back in the 1700's so their thoughts on the 2nd Amendment would have considered semi auto firearms then.
Dennis