philip964 wrote:Betcha those BP workers wished they had been allowed to have an assault weapon.
Haven't checked into whether Algeria has banned assault weapons all together or whether assault weapons are permitted to be carried or owned by foreigners. But I betcha they were illegal for them to have. Plus even if they were allowed, probably no legal way for them to get them from the US to Algeria.
You can't carry in a refinery here in Texas. You can't even have a gun in your car at work if you work for a refinery.
He was talking about the BP employees held hostage this week in Algeria.
Anygunanywhere
"When democracy turns to tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote." Mike Vanderboegh
"The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." – Ayn Rand
TAM, can I post that on another message board I am on? That was fantastic.
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"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government"- Patrick Henry
philip964 wrote:Betcha those BP workers wished they had been allowed to have an assault weapon.
Haven't checked into whether Algeria has banned assault weapons all together or whether assault weapons are permitted to be carried or owned by foreigners. But I betcha they were illegal for them to have. Plus even if they were allowed, probably no legal way for them to get them from the US to Algeria.
You can't carry in a refinery here in Texas. You can't even have a gun in your car at work if you work for a refinery.
He was talking about the BP employees held hostage this week in Algeria.
Anygunanywhere
I was insensitive. Sorry. I have now learned a Texan from Katy may be among the dead. RIP. My prayers to his friends and family. Al Qaeda has killed innocent American's again.
So why do you need an assault weapon: for things that are unexpected and that others are unprepared for.
We own clothes to keep us warm in the winter (preparation and forethought)
We secure food to nourish our bodies (preparation and forethought)
We buy cars to transport us when needed (preparation and forethought)
We build and own structures to live in to keep us out of the elements (preparation and forethought)
We go to school to learn many things that will be helpful in the future (preparation and forethought)
We make and use tools to help us in a variety of tasks (preparation, forethought and creativity)
We own guns that fire a round and ready another with each trigger pull and hold 30 round (or higher capacity) magazines (preparation and forethought)
I can imagine situations where an unlimited amount of rounds in the magazine would make me feel ill-prepared, so (emotional argument here) how would I feel watching a terrible crime being perpetrated on a loved one that I (or they) could perhaps prevent or stop with tools similar in function to those law enforcement and the military use?
Russ
Stay aware and engaged. Awareness buys time; time buys options. Survival may require moving quickly past the Observe, Orient and Decide steps to ACT.
NRA Life Member, CRSO, Basic Pistol, PPITH & PPOTH Instructor, Texas 4-H Certified Pistol & Rifle Coach, Texas LTC Instructor
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution is not a Bill of Needs, it is a Bill of Rights.
The Second Amendment addresses not the individual citizen's Need to Keep and Bear Arms, but the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The 'need' occurs in the first phrase: 'A well-regulated militia being necessary....'
The founders intended for citizens to arm themselves with weaponry equivalent to that issued to common individual soldiers. In the eighteenth century, it was a Kentucky rifle; in the nineteenth, a lever-action .30-30; in the twentieth, an AR. When somebody invents a Phaser and it's issued to soldiers, that's what we'll keep and bear.
