One Simple Question?

Subject: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:22 am

Why does anyone need or want an assault rifle?

Answer only this question--Thanks!

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 9:43 am

Well? I am patiently waiting...

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:03 am

No ideas here! Handguns, OTOH...

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:06 am

LC,
Welcome back!

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:08 am

Sorry I can't answer your assault rifle question! lol

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:14 am

LC wrote:: Sorry I can't answer your assault rifle question! lol

Nobody can! LOL

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:33 am

I'm lucky to live in a country where the average Joe Soap (John Doe) does not live in fear of dying at the hands of a gunman. Although, of course, it does happen occasionally. However, more children are killed on the roads every day than die from gunshot wounds. That's something we need to address. With enough thought and effort, we should be able to reduce child road deaths to zero. It's something worth aiming for.

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:37 am

Shelagh,

Good goal:)

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:43 am

Alice, I don't think you can get a response to your question since there is none.

I think the term "assualt" is self-explanatory.

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:45 am

12/23/2012

I don't kow anyone who would want an assault rifle or any

other assault weapons, all assault weapons and the buying

of hundreds of rounds of ammunition should be band also

no gun show should be alowed to sell these weapons or amo!

If caught doing so a fine of $100,000.00 plus five yeas in

Federal Prison..........The only weapons a person can buy is a

hand gun or a hunting rifle...

Cheers....Joe.. Very Happy

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:51 am

Abe,

On TV The interviewers ask this and never get an answer except one gun store owner who infuriated Pierce Morgan by saying, "They are fun."

Fun for whom? Couldn't they forgo their " fun" in favor of life for kids?

Good plan, Joe. One Simple Question? 354181

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:46 am

Could a car be considered an assault weapon? I wonder.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Chinese-man-drives-car-into-students-injuring-13-4144574.php#ixzz2G4sJTTUM

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:54 am

LC wrote:: Could a car be considered an assault weapon? I wonder.

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Yes

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:56 am

There are regulations for car safety. There is training for drivers and licensing required. Give the same regulations for guns.

Cars also polllute. There was a big outburst about smoking and how it affected others with second hand smoke. What about auto pollution? Have you ever sat at a sidewalk cafe with heavy traffic? The carbon monoxide from autos can be deadly.

It is a question of how much attention we give a subject before action is taken. The action doesn't usually eliminate or eradicate the problem, but it does help to curb it.

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:16 pm

Abe,
I agree.

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:18 pm

Guns are most heavily regulated in the areas they're most abused -New York and Chicago. How to explain that?

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:42 pm

How is the enforcement of these regulations?

Explain to me why in the UK, where guns are banned, they don't have much gun trouble. LOL

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:55 pm

alice wrote:: Why does anyone need or want an assault rifle?

Answer only this question--Thanks!

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:42 pm

SWAT teams and the military need assault rifles. I don't believe anyone else does.

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 4:45 pm

Victor D. Lopez wrote:: SWAT teams and the military need assault rifles. I don't believe anyone else does.

Victor,

Good answer. Thanks!

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:18 pm

alice wrote:: Why does anyone need or want an assault rifle?

Answer only this question--Thanks!

What is your definition of an assault rifle?

Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Wed Dec 26, 2012 1:52 am

Definition of ASSAULT RIFLE

: any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use

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First Known Use of ASSAULT RIFLE

1972

Other Weapons and Explosives Terms

automatic, carbine, cudgel, muzzle, rapier

assault rifle

noun (Concise Encyclopedia)

Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire. Light and portable, yet able to deliver a high volume of fire with reasonable accuracy at modern combat ranges of 1,000–1,600 ft (300–500 m), assault rifles have become the standard infantry weapon of modern armies. Their ease of handling makes them ideal for mobile assault troops crowded into personnel carriers or helicopters, as well as for guerrilla fighters engaged in jungle or urban warfare. Widely used assault rifles are the U.S. M16, the Soviet Kalashnikov (theAK-47 and modernized versions), the Belgian FAL and FNC, and the German G3.

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Subject: Re: One Simple Question? Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:42 am

I agree. Thanks Shelagh for the research. Ban assault rifles. Period. The gun manufacturers need their sales to the Mexican cartels. Profit is the issue. Just like the drug kingpins live in Palm Beach and contribute to their churches and communities, the gun manufacturers live nice normal lives while their products murder.

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