Second Amendment Under Attack In Congress

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

So some of them did and some of them didn't, the ones that didn't won out at the writing of the constitution but then they argued some more over the arguements they had already had and the ones that did won on that arguement.
So they did more writing, but then it turns out despite all the arguements the ones who did didn't really as what they wrote is still argued about over two hundred years later as their foresight and writing wasn't very good.

It's funny. James Madison didn't want any rights enumerated because he believed that all rights belong to the individual and none to the government. He felt that no matter how many they listed they would inevitably leave something out, and sooner or later some legal weenie would come along and say "See, they left that one out, so they must not have meant it!" Turns out he was right.

Originally Posted by Gimpy117

but with much less powder behind it. do you have any clue how bullets work? A .308 the .30-06 cartage has a much higher powder charge making it more powerful. lust because it has the same caliber does not mean it's just as effective for hunting. Also, a 5.45x39 is not anywhere the same as a .22 either. Much higher powder to bullet ratio.

I also reject the idea that cartage has nothing to do with the making of an assault rifle. why? because an assault rifle cartage is the basis of the gun itself. A full sized .308 firing full auto would be known as a automatic rifle, Like the BAR or FG-42. However, the idea of an assault rifle is an automatic rifle firing an intermediate cartage between a pistol and a full on rifle. If your gun fired 9mm I'd call it an SMG, If your Gun fired 7.62x54r then I'll call it a Dragunov or SVD which is a Rifle.

So my bolt-action five-shot Ought-Three Springfield is an assault rifle? It was considered one in 1917, but today is clearly outside the legal definitions of that category. Should it be included? I've had it since 1987, and I have yet to shoot anybody with it. Or even any deer, for that matter.