Re: Re: Breaking News
By: Dumas Walker to MOONDOG on Sun Aug 29 2021 09:46 am
> > To be clear, I don't jump on the hunting crowd. The few I do debate with
> > those who do not believe there's any other reason why someone should own
> > firearms. I remind them the last time the US considered strict legislatio
> > toward everything except a few simple hunting rifles and shotguns, they we
> > following the success the Germans were having in the 1930's. When
> > registration become confiscation, a single shot goose gun is just as menac
> > to the eyes of an oppressor.
>
> All of that is true. IIRC, the Brits cannot own much that isn't considered
> a hunting arm. When I hear someone who is not 2A going on about how we
> shouldn't have guns that carry X or more bullets, I think of the Brits and
> believe I would rather have what we have than that.
>
> Once upon a time I might have trusted our government to leave us alone if
> all we had were hunting rifles but that time has passed.
>
>
> * SLMR 2.1a * Tweety of Borg: I tawt I attimilated a Puddy Tat!
>
In the grand scheme of things the difference between a hunting rifle and an
assault rifle is the not in the firearm itself, but the intentions of the
person aiming and pulling the trigger.
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