Stephen King on US gun contols.

[MH]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I'm gonna call BS here, for one, your wordsmithing and trying to frame the argument to your liking, and for two this is a blatant attempt to label rifles based on Armalite Rifle No 15 as weapons designed for mass shooting. Weapons designed for mass shooting have been banned and heavily regulated since 1934.

It is just a matter of definition that dates back to 1934.
As some one who owns modern assault rifle (with no auto) next to hand gunyou should know the difference in fire power and capability between that one and any other.

[August]

Interesting article:

NRA chief: Why we fight for gun rights

(CNN) -- After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, many anti-gun politicians looked forward to the day when they could completely ban the sale and ownership of firearms and perhaps even confiscate those already in private hands.

After the draconian legislation imposed restrictions on "dealing" firearms, Sen. Ted Kennedy wrote to the NRA to demand our support for a national gun licensing and registration system. A few years later, a Nixon administration advisory commission proposed that all side arms be outlawed and confiscated in about a decade.

That didn't happen. Those hostile to firearms ownership and the Second Amendment thought they were on the verge of victory, but had in fact managed to wake up millions of Americans who hadn't previously believed that government would ever threaten their guns or their way of life. They were joined by others who were not necessarily gun owners but believed the Second Amendment and the rights it guaranteed a free people worth preserving.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinio...Most+Recent%29

[Cybermat47]

Bugger

http://www.news.com.au/world/two-sho...-1226566379028

NRA chief: Why we fight for gun rights

(CNN) -- After President Lyndon Johnson signed the Gun Control Act of 1968, many anti-gun politicians looked forward to the day when they could completely ban the sale and ownership of firearms and perhaps even confiscate those already in private hands.

Is that complete rubbish from the NRA yet again?
Lets see.
45 years for them to find a even a single careless slip from some politician that would back up their crazy conspiracy theory ....and they have produced absolutely nothing.
People still parrot their rubbish though.

[August]

I found this quote the other day which I thought fits pretty well with this discussion:

“Political tags ― such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth ― are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort."

- Robert Heinlein

[Cybermat47]

Wonder wether or not the Georgia school shooting today was done with legally owned guns?

[August]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Wonder wether or not the Georgia school shooting today was done with legally owned guns?

14 years old? I seriously doubt it.