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Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government? [W:837]

Should "military style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
 
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Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

Good luck trying.
There are other weapons but you have to deal with the gun rights issue.
Grandma has a Colt 45 to protect herself. Has the government has the right to take it ?
Government has a better chance in collecting food stamps.
 
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Josie said:
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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
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As I understand it, most who support an "assault weapon ban" want to ban the sale and manufacture of them, not ownership of them.
 
Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

The focus on the "military style" or "assault rifle" issue is probably a red herring. I for one couldn't care less about the terminology used.
 
Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

Only the local police departments.
 
Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

No. Because I have one. But I've earned it, yeah?

Then again, do my personal rights mean more than dead First Graders at Sandy Hook or dead teenagers in Florida? Absolutely not.

So, how do we reconcile my rights with the fact that the mentally weak have the same rights? Welcome to America where the idea that my Second Amendment Rights hinge on the legal availability of weaponry to the lowest moronic, and actually retarded, denominator of the population.

* And confiscation is simply not an option. It is as pointless to pretend that it is as it is pretending that every time a mass shooting happens the liberal army is about to invade our houses for our toys.
 
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Josie said:
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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
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Why? The only functional difference between them and a regular ole hunting rifle, far as I know, is those AR-types hold more rounds.
They look shorter and lighter (never held one and probably never will), if that's a consideration but you'd never catch me blowing good money on a style-statement rifle. Be like buying a hammer with tailfins or a screwgun with fender flares.

And, there's this factor...

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Josie said:
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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
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Only the ones possessed illegally
 
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PTF said:
Good luck trying.
There are other weapons but you have to deal with the gun rights issue.
Grandma has a Colt 45 to protect herself. Has the government has the right to take it ?
Government has a better chance in collecting food stamps.
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If the government decides to come take it what are you or your grandma going to do other than get really really mad? The answer is nothing. There is no "they'd have a better chance" because unless she hides it really really good, she isn't stopping them from taking it.
 
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Cardinal said:
The focus on the "military style" or "assault rifle" issue is probably a red herring. I for one couldn't care less about the terminology used.
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It's doubly a red herring if one considers the way "assault weapon" was defined during the previous now long-expired ban. They had a list of modifications and if you had any two of them (I think), you'd convert an otherwise lawful semi-automatic rifle into an "assault weapon". I'm having trouble recalling the list to mind, but basically it really didn't make sense why a number of things were on there in the first place.
 
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chuckiechan said:
It would be a bloodbath.
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Are you suggesting you would kill human beings employed by the government if they attempted to enforce a law you didn't agree with; that like-minded people would do so even if you wouldn't?

That would be worrying.
 
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chuckiechan said:
It would be a bloodbath.
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Nonsense. Most Americans lack the balls to stand up if their lives are on the line. And only 30-40% of the people even have a gun anymore.
 
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Mr Person said:
It's doubly a red herring if one considers the way "assault weapon" was defined during the previous now long-expired ban. They had a list of modifications and if you had any two of them (I think), you'd convert an otherwise lawful semi-automatic rifle into an "assault weapon". I'm having trouble recalling the list to mind, but basically it really didn't make sense why a number of things were on there in the first place.
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All of this seems like a purely cosmetic way to address an important issue.
 
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Cardinal said:
All of this seems like a purely cosmetic way to address an important issue.
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I am very displeased that we have a 2nd Amd., but it's there and I think the current SCOTUS interpretation is correct. All we're going to get is cosmetics, sadly.
 
Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

My general rule of thumb is we shouldn’t ban citizens from having weapons that law enforcement is not banned from having.
 
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Skeptic Bob said:
My general rule of thumb is we shouldn’t ban citizens from having weapons that law enforcement is not banned from having.
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I agree, military Veterans especially should be allowed to own firearms similar to the ones with which they were trained.

I can think of several instances in which I was glad to have a firearm for protection against individuals who were not intending to make me and/or my neighbors any healthier, happier or wealthier.

Remember, the police are not responsible for protecting you from violent, predatory and deranged individuals who prefer to prey on the weak & defenseless at odd times of the day or night.

As the saying goes: "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away"
 
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Skeptic Bob said:
My general rule of thumb is we shouldn’t ban citizens from having weapons that law enforcement is not banned from having.
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Veterans, police, border patrol, game wardens and every other branch of law enforcement. What's the one rifle they are all trained to maintain and operate? The AR15 platform. Banning that single design would render the vast majority of trained individuals ignorant. We should not ban the one rifle that everyone in the government-trained pool knows. Doing so is effectively banning all rifles, at least until the populace replaces that social capital with another rifle. Doing so would render the general populace ignorant.

Yes, there are people with training in other rifles, but for 90%+ of those trained by the government, that's the only one we know. And those trained by the government represent the vast majority of those trained in the use of any rifle.

It's not a good idea to render a populace ignorant of rifle use.
 
Re: Should all "military-style" weapons be confiscated by the US government?

Because it looks bad we should take them away? Sounds like the left yet again. No guns should be confiscated.That's right, i should be allowed a cannon.
 
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Josie said:
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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
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Only if you'd like a civil war on your hands. Since most people don't, then no.
 
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Kal'Stang said:
Only if you'd like a civil war on your hands. Since most people don't, then no.
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It would be a really short civil war, as a few gun nuts learn that they are not as tough as they think. Evolution in action kinda thing maybe.
 
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Redress said:
It would be a really short civil war, as a few gun nuts learn that they are not as tough as they think. Evolution in action kinda thing maybe.
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You go ahead and continue to think like that. ;) Underestimating ones enemy is always a sure way to lose any battle. ;)
 
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Josie said:
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Weapons like the AR-15 and those similar have been used in many mass shootings in the US. Should all of these weapons like the above be confiscated by the US government?
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I doubt the government would ever go there but if they did they would end up in a shooting war which would be far more costly than the situation we currently have.
 
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