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The Supreme court has already ruled that scemes like this are unconstitutional, You don't get to do an end run around the Bill of Rights.
Does the pole tax sound familiar.
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Just a suggestion. And the laws can change - blink of an eye.
Sooner than expected, there will be changes. Maybe insurance rather than a tax? Not a burden at all to do such, it just becomes more expensive.
You can scream it in a theater if you want to also. It is not illegal.
True...you'd just end up getting kicked out.
What's illegal, technically speaking....or so the theory goes, is the endangerment of the people in the theater by causing a stampede to get out.
How you cause that panic is irrelevant.... yelling fire or setting off firecrackers or whatever...it's the intent on causing panic that's the crime....not the word itself.
But however you look at the technicalities, the analogy doesn't hold up when comparing to banning certain types of firearms.
Yet people still parrot this red herring argument as if it has some profound relevance........
They are semi automatic. I don't know your definition but a semi auto is simply a weapon that you can fire multiple times without reloading by pulling the trigger each time.
It is not my definition. Revolvers are not classified as semi-automatic.
Semi-automatics have been on the market for more than 50 years. It's only recently that they have gained notoriety.
Since the purpose of the 2nd Amendment is to serve as a bar against tyranny, and not to hunt animals for food, it stands to reason that the body of the people has to have at least a chance to defeat tyranny, and that is what semi-automatic weapons do.
Well 50 years ago the availability of these weapons was quite different, the production of semi-automatic handguns and rifles has exploded. I am also a Vietnam vet used an M16 which is not much different than the AR-15, you really have to question the use of these types of weapons in the hands of anyone.
It is extremely doubtful that there would be a need due to tyranny but even if that were the case I don't see people even with these weapons standing up to government forces,. Mean time these semi-auto handguns and rifles are being misused taking thousands of lives and are the weapons of choice in these mass shootings.
I know how a semi works.....some don't use "recoil" BTW, they use the spent gasses to drive the bolt.
But how it's classified is irrelevant.
How it works......1 shot per trigger pull...... isn't.
Semi-auto rifles use the gasses, while handguns use the recoil. Both utilize the energy of the preceding shot. That is where the word "automatic" comes from. Revolvers are not classified as semi-automatic, because the round is NOT automatically loaded. That's all I am saying. You can consider them semi-auto if you like.
Well 50 years ago the availability of these weapons was quite different, the production of semi-automatic handguns and rifles has exploded. I am also a Vietnam vet used an M16 which is not much different than the AR-15, you really have to question the use of these types of weapons in the hands of anyone.
It is extremely doubtful that there would be a need due to tyranny but even if that were the case I don't see people even with these weapons standing up to government forces,. Mean time these semi-auto handguns and rifles are being misused taking thousands of lives and are the weapons of choice in these mass shootings.
Not much different?
One has an option of firing automatic fire and the other does not.
As far as standing up to government forces, perhaps not, but let's not give the government any more of an advantage than it already has.
People aren't playing Rambo or soldier with AR-15's. They are using them for target shooting, competition, hunting, and self defense. The purpose of the 2A is about defense against a tyrannical, overbearing, and abusive government. It is about the ability to resist the forces of that government foreign, or domestic. The Supreme Court also rule it was an INDIVIDUAL RIGHT, and firearms in common use are legal. The AR-15 is the MOST POPULAR rifle in America by far. Deal with it. Any yahoos out there are FEW and FAR between.
As if a single guy, or that guy with his neighbors could hold off the US military with their AR-15s? They'd be dead in less than a minute if they tried.
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