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Originally Posted by Captain Blood
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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox
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Originally Posted by Captain Blood
It seems I'm like you. I'm not into confirmation bias. I've always been a supporter of second amendment rights. I'm actually a big fan of conceal and carry, but with the permit, not the wild wild West that my governor wants.
But my mind has been changed on the automatic weapons by the spate of massacres. I strongly suspect the number of people killed by bad guys with assault rifles far exceeds those lives that Have been saved by them for home defense. But the gun porn guys are welcome to show me that I'm wrong.
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Did you mean semi-auto? Because automatic weapons have been illegal for decades....unless you have an FFL and are willing to spend $10k+ on a weapon.
I just point this out because if we are going to have an honest discussion, you have to use the proper terms. There is a huge difference between semi-auto and automatic. It's not the same as people saying "you called a magazine a clip, you're an idiot and don't know what you're talking about." |
I meant assault, not automatic. Thanks for the catch |
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Assault" is more of a media term than anything else. Rifles that are relevant to this discussion are either semi-automatic or automatic.