Acidus wrote:
] The ban doesn't solve the power issue, but it does ban
] features which really shouldn't effect you anyway. Dismissing
] the law simply because appearence was a factor is by far the
] stupidest thing I have ever seen you meme.
OK, I'm not going to claim to know much about this law, after all I was only 11 when it was enacted. The point I want to make is how horrid a statement you make, "it does ban features which really shouldn't effect you anyway."

Now, take that to its logical extreme -- why does it matter if gay marriage or abortion is regulated against, it doesn't affect you... what does it matter if capital punishment is instituted, you're not going to kill someone, are you?... microsoft putting a bounty on virus writers? doesn't affect you... DMCA making it illegal to do pretty much anything? that might affect you, but not me, the average joe, so clearly we shouldn't worry about it!

yes, i know some of the things i say are absurd but that's the point, maybe you didn't mean what I think you did but at least take another look at that statment

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I don't know if you shot but I do and I'll address some of your other statements

] -Can't have 30 ammo clips. Shit! Now what will you do in case
] of Red Dawn?
when shooting it's much less of a hassle to reload a single 30 round clip once than a 10 round clip 5 times -- am I saying my convience is worth someone's life? no -- but neither do i believe that keeping a new 30-round clip off the streets will save someone's life when there's an old one to be had

] -Do you even want to defend the grenade launcher? Come on!
yes, actually -- i would love to shoot a grenade launcher -- i also play with blasting gel... why? because it's _fun_ to blow stuff up

If we're going to judge by what the ban has done we should also remember that these things didn't become illegal to own or sell -- all existing weapons/accessories were grandfathered. I personally own a 30-round clip for one of my rifles and if I wanted another do you know what I'd do? go to a pawn shop, a gun show, or a family friend and buy one.

I've done no research for this -- any claims about the assault ban are made purely from memory and are subject to being incorrect

RE: Weapons Ban Ends Today