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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Bilow who wrote (693508)1/17/2013 9:42:51 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (3) of 1575421
 
True. But I was addressing the idea that if the Jews in Nazi Germany had the right to own weapons, their fate would have been different. Rifles of that day were bolt action. The Nazis developed the original fully automatic assault rifle. The ubiquitous AK-47 was based on a German design, can't remember which one off the top of my head, though.

I agree that there is no need to worry about having guns to protect the people from the government. But tell that to the loons here. They think they are able to go all Red Dawn on a government they don't like. We will ignore for the moment that is known as insurrection. And the Constitution is very clear on what to do about that. But the idea that civilians with civilian arms and no training can go up against modern, well equipped and very well-trained troops, and ours are hands down the best, is an adolescent fantasy that is so far from reality that is is jaw dropping.

The very same loons claimed that if only the Chinese at Tienanmen Square had guns, things would have been different. Right. A rifle up against a T-72 tank would do what, exactly?

I am not anti-gun. I don't own one, but I do enjoy learning about the technology behind them and their history. I do favor reasonable restrictions. I definitely don't think anyone needs a magazine that holds 100 rounds. I am ambivalent about semi-automatic rifles, but I tend to lean against them. I don't favor banning semi-automatic handguns. Shotguns are reasonably restricted.
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