Re:One, two, three, four, I declare a flame-war!
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That's just ignorant. The AWB is aimed towards firearms. Nuclear bombs aren't firearms. They can't be legally owned by citizens here. Guns can.
Guns are descriminatory weapons. They can fire 1 round at 1 person. Bombs are not descriminatory. Any kind of bomb, grenade, mine, or other explosive has a blast radius and can injure or kill anything within that radius. Guns do not have this power.
What gets me is that you can already buy most of the guns banned by the AWB. There are loopholes galore. If the gun is made with enough US parts, it can be considered "American made", not an import, and be purchased here. I could, right now, if I wanted, place an order online to buy an AK47 (semi-auto only, of course) for under $400, and buy 75-round drum clips for under $80 each. As long as the magazine was manufactured before the AWB, it can legally be sold. You can get as big a clip as you want, as long as you're willing to pay 3-5 times as much for it as it would cost if they were allowed to sell new ones.
And really, is there a difference between 10 and 13 bullets in a magazine? You can be sure criminals will have the largest (illegally obtained) mag they can get when they're robbing you. By limiting our ability to match their firepower the government is letting criminals outgun us. My gun is made with an 8-round magazine. I carry 3-4 of them, and can change them in less than 5 seconds, but it would be nice to have larger magazines available.
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That's just ignorant. The AWB is aimed towards firearms. Nuclear bombs aren't firearms. They can't be legally owned by citizens here. Guns can. Guns are descriminatory weapons. They can fire 1 round at 1 person. Bombs are not descriminatory. Any kind of bomb, grenade, mine, or other explosive has a blast radius and can injure or kill anything within that radius. Guns do not have this power. What gets me is that you can already buy most of the guns banned by the AWB. There are loopholes galore. If the gun is made with enough US parts, it can be considered "American made", not an import, and be purchased here. I could, right now, if I wanted, place an order online to buy an AK47 (semi-auto only, of course) for under $400, and buy 75-round drum clips for under $80 each. As long as the magazine was manufactured before the AWB, it can legally be sold. You can get as big a clip as you want, as long as you're willing to pay 3-5 times as much for it as it would cost if they were allowed to sell new ones. And really, is there a difference between 10 and 13 bullets in a magazine? You can be sure criminals will have the largest (illegally obtained) mag they can get when they're robbing you. By limiting our ability to match their firepower the government is letting criminals outgun us. My gun is made with an 8-round magazine. I carry 3-4 of them, and can change them in less than 5 seconds, but it would be nice to have larger magazines available.