Debate about Gun Control

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(06-17-2016, 09:17 AM)playwrite Wrote:

(06-16-2016, 11:53 PM)Galen Wrote:

(06-16-2016, 08:11 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(06-16-2016, 07:53 AM)Odin Wrote: Here's a good post on Democratic Underground about the absurdity of the gun debate and the term "assault weapon".




These are functionally the exact same gun and yet only the top one is an evil "assault weapon".

In general I'm with you, but there are some features on the assault weapon that aren't really called for when the enemy isn't shooting back.  The lower gun is bolt action, resulting in a slower rate of fire.  It has no removable magazine, making it slower to reload, and making it impossible to shop for a larger magazine.  It has no bipod.  Is that a shock absorber on the back of the top weapon?  When hunting deer, does one worry about repeated impacts to the shoulder?

You need to pay closer attention, they are both bolt action rifles.  There are also bolt action rifles with detachable box magazines.

You want a bolt action, with or without a magazine, I'd be more than fine with that.

My African -



- if this makes you weep, I understand. 

One typically gets one shot at a deer, for the deer that you miss will get away. It is far easier to shoot a human if one misses the first time because humans lack the running speed of deer -- and they don't usually have brush to run to for cover.

I have to admit -- even if I have no love for guns, your bolt-action gun in fact has some beauty.


That said, the most beautiful animal in the world





is quite possibly the most dangerous animal on land except for an armed human.