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Are assault weapons more or less dangerous than pistols?[W: 207]

Re: Are assault weapons more or less dangerous than pistols?

Hey sangha, if I painted my gun camouflage colors, is that functional?
 
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CLAX1911 said:
on a shotgun it is, it's a short range weapon, it has little recoil, muzzle flash isn't a concern. sorry his statement is accurate. you know nothing get out of this forum.
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Not being concerned about a function doesn't make that function disappear
 
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CLAX1911 said:
short barrel no stock that's a pistol.
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It's stupid, because according to the BATF's idiotic categories, it's no different than a 1911 or a revolver. Never mind the fact that it's just an AR-15 with a shorter barrel and no affixed stock, but if you put a stock on it, it magically becomes an SBR that requires a 200 dollar tax, lest you be in possession of an illegal weapon that gets you years in prison.
 
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Gipper said:
Hey sangha, if I painted my gun camouflage colors, is that functional?
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he's going to get into technical semantics with you. let me beat him to it. yes camouflage is functional, to break up appearances.

just to intercept stupidity and not let this become a thread about arguing with him about who said what.

a paint job doesn't do anything to change the effect of the gun
 
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CLAX1911 said:
he's going to get into technical semantics with you. let me beat him to it. yes camouflage is functional, to break up appearances.

just to intercept stupidity and not let this become a thread about arguing with him about who said what.

a paint job doesn't do anything to change the effect of the gun
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It's less fun when you do it. :D
 
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Surtr said:
It's stupid, because according to the BATF's idiotic categories, it's no different than a 1911 or a revolver. Never mind the fact that it's just an AR-15 with a shorter barrel and no affixed stock, but if you put a stock on it, it magically becomes an SBR that requires a 200 dollar tax, lest you be in possession of an illegal weapon that gets you years in prison.
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you can connect a stock to a lot of pistols.

the law is stupid, but it's weird to put a boot on your throat nothing more.
 
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Surtr said:
It's stupid, because according to the BATF's idiotic categories, it's no different than a 1911 or a revolver. Never mind the fact that it's just an AR-15 with a shorter barrel and no affixed stock, but if you put a stock on it, it magically becomes an SBR that requires a 200 dollar tax, lest you be in possession of an illegal weapon that gets you years in prison.
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does this ban include parts, because parts are not firearms. this was a loophole that was used to circumvent the Brady Bill. the law just said I couldn't purchase that kind of a firearm not that I couldn't build it.
 
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CLAX1911 said:
you can connect a stock to a lot of pistols.

the law is stupid, but it's weird to put a boot on your throat nothing more.
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It's just dumb, and I feel that it needs to be said that the BATF is full of ****.
 
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CLAX1911 said:
does this ban include parts, because parts are not firearms. this was a loophole that was used to circumvent the Brady Bill. the law just said I couldn't purchase that kind of a firearm not that I couldn't build it.
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It's what parts are and are not on a firearm.
 
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sangha said:
No, no one has said that some features were purely cosmetic :roll:
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the topic of this thread isn't features, start thread about features if that's what you want to talk about. this thread is about what makes an assault weapon worse than a pistol.

you just distracted it in order to pretend like you're intelligent. drop it it was stupid in the first place.
 
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CLAX1911 said:
does this ban include parts, because parts are not firearms. this was a loophole that was used to circumvent the Brady Bill. the law just said I couldn't purchase that kind of a firearm not that I couldn't build it.
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AWB prohibited the "manufacture" of the listed weapons.
 
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sangha said:
Yeah, I'm sure anonymous posters on the internet are more credible than a dictionary :roll:
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dictionary definitions aren't open to interpretation, if you actually read the definition you posted you would realize that I'm correct.
 
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sangha said:
Yeah, I'm sure anonymous posters on the internet are more credible than a dictionary :roll:
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if the definition of applied as loosely as you are trying to apply it then everyone who changed a tire on their car would be an auto manufacturer.

changing parts isn't manufacture
 
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sangha said:
Yeah, I'm sure anonymous posters on the internet are more credible than a dictionary :roll:
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the definition you posted didn't include altering something by changing parts.

but I guess since I put a better battery in my truck it's now an assault vehicle and I'm an auto manufacturer.
 
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sangha said:
Yeah, I'm sure anonymous posters on the internet are more credible than a dictionary :roll:
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anonymous posters that don't know how to read are you even less credible
 
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This is really why the whole "assault weapons ban" confuses me. If someone walks in Walmart with an M4 I will notice it right away and will take cover. If they come in with a handgun I will not know it until they choose to pull it out.

It is harder to conceal which in my mind makes it less dangerous. The fact that semi automatic rifles contribute to significantly less deaths than handguns confirms this.
 
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sangha said:
AWB prohibited the "manufacture" of the listed weapons.
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Those list of weapons were prohibited by name only in the brady assault weapons ban. AK47s became Mak90s, tech-22 pistols became sport-22 pistols and the same thing with other listed weapons and they passed the features test.

Speed up to about 8 and half minutes in the video.
What Assault Weapons Ban? - 60 Minutes - CBS News


Functional does not mean "makes it more dangerous"

You are still failing.

Cosmetic | Define Cosmetic at Dictionary.com
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Cosmetic doesn't mean mean useless either.
 
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Paratrooper said:
This is really why the whole "assault weapons ban" confuses me. If someone walks in Walmart with an M4 I will notice it right away and will take cover. If they come in with a handgun I will not know it until they choose to pull it out.

It is harder to conceal which in my mind makes it less dangerous. The fact that semi automatic rifles contribute to significantly less deaths than handguns confirms this.
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Not all assault weapons are semiautomatic rifles with with detachable magazines and two or cosmetic features described in the brady assault weapons ban. This also includes pistols with detachable magazines that has two or more of the following features-

Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip
Threaded barrel to attach barrel extender, flash suppressor, handgrip, or suppressor
Barrel shroud that can be used as a hand-hold
Unloaded weight of 50 oz (1.4 kg) or more
A semi-automatic version of a fully automatic firearm.
 
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Re: Are assault weapons more or less dangerous than pistols?

sangha said:
Yes, it is directly related to the question asked in the OP
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Then you use a far more narrow definition of more or less dangerous than the average person does.
 
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