I don’t “need” my AR any more than Rosa Parks “needed” to sit in the front of that bus
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- Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:32 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Why would anyone need an assault weapon?
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Re: Why would anyone need an assault weapon?
This was posted on arf(d0t)com - linked to by Emily Miller (Washington Times, "Emily Gets Her Gun") via her FB page:
- Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:40 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Why would anyone need an assault weapon?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6967
Re: Why would anyone need an assault weapon?
Welcome. Very good first post.
To expand on one of your streams of logic, ALL firearms in current civilian use were (or are direct descendants from) arms used by militaries. Nearly all modern bolt-action hunting rifles are descendants of the Mauser or Enfielf designs (and a few others - I'm not a bolt-action expert). Nearly all self-defense handguns use Browning's short-action recoil design or the straight blowback design.
This is the same as with most civilian technology - GPS is direct descdant of military systems, much computer technology (including the Internet itself) comes from military origins.
The point is not whether we "need" military tech, but how long must we mere civilians wait before we're allowed to adopt neutered versions of military tech for our own non- military use? Apply same standards to other tech that antis want applied to "military style" weapons and we better all get off the Internet, turn in our smart phones, and find some old paper road maps.
To expand on one of your streams of logic, ALL firearms in current civilian use were (or are direct descendants from) arms used by militaries. Nearly all modern bolt-action hunting rifles are descendants of the Mauser or Enfielf designs (and a few others - I'm not a bolt-action expert). Nearly all self-defense handguns use Browning's short-action recoil design or the straight blowback design.
This is the same as with most civilian technology - GPS is direct descdant of military systems, much computer technology (including the Internet itself) comes from military origins.
The point is not whether we "need" military tech, but how long must we mere civilians wait before we're allowed to adopt neutered versions of military tech for our own non- military use? Apply same standards to other tech that antis want applied to "military style" weapons and we better all get off the Internet, turn in our smart phones, and find some old paper road maps.