[collegeburner]

^^^ this comment was posted by someone who does not know what an assault rifle is. it is very difficult and expensive to get ahold of a assault rifle these days and has been for almost 40 years.

though yeah i think we should repeal that law, there is nothing wrong with civilians owning assault rifles. the federal government is literally not allowed to pass or enforce laws against this because it clearly infringes the individual right to keep and bear arms. we can only hope some time in the next few years the NFA, GCA and FOPA are struck down, along with all the asinine regulation that has forced so many small gun manufacturers out of business, increased gun prices for American consumers and retarded innovation in civilian small arms.

[firecall]

Yep - TBF, I have no idea really.

I just see what I see on the news out of the US with headlines such as:

"Student arrested in Texas after walking to school with assault rifle just one day after tragic Uvalde shooting"

So it's understandable the world believes that Assault Rifles are purchasable by civilians in the US.

[ethanbond]

Yes same for tactical nukes

[karambyt]

I hate this argument because it's fucking stupid. I think we can draw a clear and logical line between "gun" and "doomsday device".

[autoexec]

I think it's a lot more stupid to assume that laws put in place to allow for single fire muskets that took significant amounts of time to load and fire should automatically equally apply to machine guns.

We should be able to draw a clear and logical line between the kinds of guns the people who wrote the constitution envisioned the American people owning and the kinds of guns we have today, but obviously not everyone agrees with that. They all agree there is a difference and that lines exist, but feel that they should just be ignored.

[collegeburner]

single fire muskets... or fucking warships and cannon.

[ethanbond]

Which... couldn't ever be purchased by an 18 year old at Walmart after a month of saving up? And which were tracked in both their ownership and their movements anywhere near coastlines? And which, when used in criminal acts, were requisitioned (an irrecoverable financial hit) and the operators executed or imprisoned for life?

[ethanbond]

Yeah, there’s a line somewhere obviously, but it’s also not defined by “is it an arm? Okay then you have a right to bear it!”

As technology advances, either we have to be comfortable with more and more destructive devices being in the hands of everyday people, or we have to be comfortable with restricting access to more and more devices that qualify as “arms.”

[theodric]

Legalize recreational nukes

[collegeburner]

legalize nuclear bombs... bees make honey