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Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:37 PM May 2016

Question for the controllers....

If you could ban just one gun, which one would it be? Please provide a public safety justification in your response if you don't mind.



Any on topic response is appreciated. I thought this thread up in honor of the Brady Campaign's futile attempt to ban the 5.7x28mm about a decade ago.

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Question for the controllers.... (Original Post) Kang Colby May 2016 OP
You really expect something? Lol Duckhunter935 May 2016 #1
Fingers crossed... Kang Colby May 2016 #2
Good luck, I hope so Duckhunter935 May 2016 #5
Waiting patiently. Kang Colby May 2016 #6
Cool, can I wait with you? Duckhunter935 May 2016 #7
Sure...grab a seat. Kang Colby May 2016 #8
Obviously it would be sarisataka May 2016 #3
Oh, yes....you mean the barrel shroud. Kang Colby May 2016 #4
I WOULD BAN!!!! THEM all!!! CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #9
I'll bite gejohnston May 2016 #10
Ahhh the Thompson... Kang Colby May 2016 #11
not the Thompson per se, gejohnston May 2016 #12
The only correct answer here is: GreydeeThos May 2016 #13
Uphill would be an understatement n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #14
All make and models that utilize a trigger. ileus May 2016 #15
The one designed to shoot bullets. beevul May 2016 #16
All except one... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #17
Handguns Matrosov May 2016 #18
Ban .38.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19
which 9mm? gejohnston May 2016 #20
Oh, he means ban handguns of those calibers. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #21
why? beergood May 2016 #22
Because ... Straw Man May 2016 #23
If you want to ban specific guns.. Matrosov May 2016 #24
thank you for your response beergood May 2016 #25
Convertable weapons? HassleCat May 2016 #26
And which rifles are those. oneshooter May 2016 #27
Don't know & don't care. HassleCat May 2016 #28
Those "parts and accessories" are legal to own. oneshooter May 2016 #29
We already do essentially that... beevul May 2016 #30
 

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)
2. Fingers crossed...
Mon May 2, 2016, 08:47 PM
May 2016

I hope we will be pleasantly surprised. But you are right..I'm not expecting anything. If someone shows up and says .50 BMG "cuz ya just don't need all that" ...I will be happy.

 

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)
9. I WOULD BAN!!!! THEM all!!!
Mon May 2, 2016, 09:22 PM
May 2016
HOW do YOU justify!!!!!

A Need!!!!! ??????

BLAM BLAM BLAM

For M1 Abrams TANKS IN our SCHOOLS!!!????



Or ROCKET LAUNCHERS in the CLASSROOM !@#$%%^&

GreydeeThos

(958 posts)
13. The only correct answer here is:
Tue May 3, 2016, 04:38 AM
May 2016



        [font size=5][font face=Courier New]I want to ban the gun YOU have!
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ileus

(15,396 posts)
15. All make and models that utilize a trigger.
Tue May 3, 2016, 05:25 AM
May 2016

people always have it wrong around here, it's not the gun but he trigger that kills people.

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
20. which 9mm?
Tue May 3, 2016, 04:34 PM
May 2016

In some countries, like Italy, the 9x19 is banned for civilians, so they buy
9x21. I usually carry a 9x17. My wife has a 9x18 GDR military surplus pistol.

BTW, why them? Why not the more powerful .357, .44 mag?

 

CompanyFirstSergeant

(1,558 posts)
21. Oh, he means ban handguns of those calibers.
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:28 PM
May 2016

For some reason I thought he meant ban the ammo.

What is a ban anyway?

Isn't murder banned? Bank robbery banned?

In my opinion, the word ban has a sharp, clean, final sound to it to make people think that 'everything is taken care of.'

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Shows you how delusional the anti's are.

One other thing.... who is going to come over to my neighborhood and enforce the ban?

You want to see gun nuts???? Visit the Catskills region of New York.

Around here, the cops are the biggest proponents of armed citizenry.

They have told the governor where to put his assault rifle ban.

Straw Man

(6,771 posts)
23. Because ...
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:55 PM
May 2016

... those are the most common calibers, obviously. It's simple gun-control logic: If these calibers statistically kill the most people, banning them will save lives. After all, we all know that's impossible to kill with a .25 or a .40 or a .45 handgun.

 

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)
24. If you want to ban specific guns..
Fri May 6, 2016, 07:03 AM
May 2016

..you go after the ones most commonly used in crimes.

Going after AR15s and Barrett sniper rifles makes the least sense from that point of view.

beergood

(470 posts)
25. thank you for your response
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:23 AM
May 2016

but even if "the ones most commonly used in crimes." are banned/restricted, wont they just switch to something else.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
26. Convertable weapons?
Sun May 8, 2016, 10:35 AM
May 2016

Some semi-auto rifles can be easily converted to full auto. We might consider requiring that all rifles be made difficult or impossible to convert to fully auto.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
28. Don't know & don't care.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:37 AM
May 2016

I have never considered the possibility, since I don't feel the need for a full auto weapon. But you can get some idea by looking at the parts and accessories available for various weapons.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
29. Those "parts and accessories" are legal to own.
Sun May 8, 2016, 11:48 AM
May 2016

Any "parts and accessories" that readily convert a as emi auto to full auto are illegal to possess without BATFE permits and tax stamps.
To sell those "parts and accessories" would be a violation of Federal Law and subject to fines and incarceration in a Federal facilitie.

 

beevul

(12,194 posts)
30. We already do essentially that...
Sun May 8, 2016, 02:07 PM
May 2016
We might consider requiring that all rifles be made difficult or impossible to convert to fully auto.


We already do essentially that. Any weapon that the ATF considers "easily converter" is considered by law, to be a machine gun and subject to the National Firearms Act of 1934.

Its already the law.
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