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In reply to the discussion: It's not about the 2nd Amendment - it's about the NRA. [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)18. And assault weapon can mean anything you want it to
The pending legislation in Minnesota right now would label my dads 100 year old .22 rifle an assault weapon if it passes.
When you make up a term then you can just keep changing the definition to cover more and more. And before you say that wont happen- the legislation out there that keeps expanding the definition of assault weapon more and more proves it to be the case.
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"Nobody is going to take your guns." .... "They should be banned and confiscated." n/t
PoliticAverse
Mar 2018
#3
Gun humpers need to be reminded there was an assault weapon ban in place for years and
Vinca
Mar 2018
#8
The "assault weapon ban" didn't ban all AR-15 type semi-automatic rifles. n/t
PoliticAverse
Mar 2018
#12
The problem with trying to differentiate one gun from another is the discussion in this thread
Stinky The Clown
Mar 2018
#23
As militia membership is not a prerequisite for the private ownership of firearms, its moot.
Marengo
Mar 2018
#44
Once you detach your solutions from reality, things do get simpler and easy to understand.
hack89
Mar 2018
#34
The reality is that there is a small but growing sentiment in favor of my position.
Stinky The Clown
Mar 2018
#41
Australia now has a higher rate of private firearms ownership than before Port Arthur.
Marengo
Mar 2018
#46
Cost and availability aside, they are arguably similar. The Rem M8 could be had in extended and...
Marengo
Mar 2018
#59
Kentucky, I find it amazing how this thread reads like a post on the NRA's web site . . . .
Stinky The Clown
Mar 2018
#56