Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-24 Thread dana tierney
I think the debate over gun ownership should be a local issue. Makes a big difference whether you are in inner city Baltimore or rural Montana. Dana - Original Message - From: Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:51:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Assault Weapo

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2004-07-23 Thread Jerry Johnson
Jeff, Thanks for that good information. Jerry Johnson [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

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2004-07-22 Thread Matt Blatchley
Hi all, I'm a coworker of Matt's, so please don't flame him if you don't like what I say. I’m replying on his account because I'm a competitive shooter and have some knowledge about this issue. Please bear with me, and I’ll try to fill you in on some things. I would say that the NRA does in fact

Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
We is evil is all. So are you still in the US or elsewhere by now. If you can't answer because of obvious reasons, that's cool. larry On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:20:29 -0400, Timothy Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How dare you people have this conversation while I am not around:) > > Tim -- Far

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2004-07-22 Thread Marwan Saidi
Weapons Ban Question How dare you people have this conversation while I am not around:) Tim -- Far far away!! >Actually if the enemy runs out of ammo they can be quite valuable. :)   _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations

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2004-07-22 Thread Timothy Heald
How dare you people have this conversation while I am not around:) Tim -- Far far away!! >Actually if the enemy runs out of ammo they can be quite valuable. :) [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

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2004-07-21 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Actually if the enemy runs out of ammo they can be quite valuable. :) > A gun of any size dropped in retreat is of little > value. >   - Original Message - >   From: Jim Campbell >   To: CF-Community >   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:28 AM >   Subject: Re

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2004-07-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
I agree with that too. I'm not rabid about guns. Heck, I don't own any. I'm more annoyed by our propensity to pass "feel good" laws like the AWB that are about making people feel safer by banning superficialities. Similar to how the federalizing of airport screeners and random checks has been shown

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2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I'm probably opening up myself to a royal flaming, but I cannot see the connection between the other freedoms and the second amendment. Most democracies do not have firearms enshrined in their constitutions yet they do not exactly look oppressed. For intance, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand

Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
The ban of civil war relics is another aspect of the way the definition of "assault weapon" was peculiar. In the legalese of the bill, they referred to the existing legal definitions of rifle, pistol, shotgun, and antique. IIRC, the bill wasn't explicitly banning them but because they got caught up

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2004-07-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
ect you some day. > > - Matt Small > > > - Original Message - >   From: S. Isaac Dealey >   To: CF-Community >   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:37 AM >   Subject: RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question > >   > Ok, fair enough. I guess that I can understan

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2004-07-21 Thread Matthew Small
have a Bazooka.  He might have to use it to protect you some day. - Matt Small - Original Message -   From: S. Isaac Dealey   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:37 AM   Subject: RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question   > Ok, fair enough. I guess that I can understand th

Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its been years, but from what I remember, a 40mm round is around 12 inches in length, at least. larry On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:03:53 -0400, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It may be only 50 caliber in diameter, but it is really, really long. > > Actually, I have a black powder musket th

Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Sam Morris
I don't know much about it but I was told the original ban included a couple of powder loaded civil war relics and that pissed off collectors. Also, only fully-auto uzi's are banned. You can buy a semi-auto uzi and saw off the pin in 5 minutes making it fully-auto. The point is the ban was just for

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2004-07-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
It may be only 50 caliber in diameter, but it is really, really long. Actually, I have a black powder musket that is an unfortunate .48 caliber. But it is six feet long. So there. I would NOT want to get hit with a .50 (or 12.7mm). (I don't want to get hit with _any_ projectile, in case anyone w

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2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Lets look at it the other way: a 50 cal is only a half an inch. Or to rephrase it: HOW MANLY IS A HALF-INCH YOU MISERABLE LITTLE WIMP. THAT'S MICROSCOPIC. larry On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:41:08 -0400, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But that's a 157! > > (O.K., a 1.57 caliber, but stil

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2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
ge - >   From: Jim Campbell >   To: CF-Community >   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:28 AM >   Subject: Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question > >   No, no, no, Jerry... > >   40 mm is only 1.5 inches or so.  Now what sounds bigger? > >    >   An inch and

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2004-07-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
But that's a 157! (O.K., a 1.57 caliber, but still...) My numbers are still bigger. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 11:28AM >>> No, no, no, Jerry... 40 mm is only 1.5 inches or so.  Now what sounds bigger?     An inch and a half, good sir. or     FORTY MASSIVE MILLIMETERS, AH

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2004-07-21 Thread G
A gun of any size dropped in retreat is of little value.   - Original Message -   From: Jim Campbell   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:28 AM   Subject: Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question   No, no, no, Jerry...   40 mm is only 1.5 inches or so.  Now what sounds

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2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Well, given that 40mm is about 3.2 times as big as a wimpy .5 cal, I'll let you draw your own conclusions. larry On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:24:17 -0400, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's un-American. > > mm is a fancy French term, which we don't use around here. > > *belch* > > Wha

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2004-07-21 Thread Jim Campbell
No, no, no, Jerry... 40 mm is only 1.5 inches or so.  Now what sounds bigger?     An inch and a half, good sir. or     FORTY MASSIVE MILLIMETERS, AH HA HA HA! - Jim Jerry Johnson wrote: >That's un-American. > >mm is a fancy French term, which we don't use around here. > >*belch* > >What

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2004-07-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
That's un-American. mm is a fancy French term, which we don't use around here. *belch* What caliber would that be in real-man terms? Metrics is for wimps, Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 11:10AM >>> If you're goinig to go that route, get a 40mm autocannon. Why use something as wim

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2004-07-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
If you're goinig to go that route, get a 40mm autocannon. Why use something as wimpy as a 50 or a few rockets. Pour on the testosterone. larry On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:07:01 -0400, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course not. Rambo proved a 50 is a one handed personal weapon. You need

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2004-07-21 Thread Jerry Johnson
Of course not. Rambo proved a 50 is a one handed personal weapon. You need a phalanx of rocket launchers for the bed of your pickup. See the heavily armed pickup trucks used by Chad against Libya in the late 80s for good examples. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 10:57AM >>> Do you me

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2004-07-21 Thread Jim Campbell
I hear you.  Back when AM General first offered Humvees to the public (maybe 10+ years ago?) my mom refused to buy one if it didn't come with any antipersonnel equipment.  Who can blame her? - Jim Doug White wrote: >Do you mean that I cannot have the 50 mounted in the bed of my pickup truck? >

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2004-07-21 Thread Doug White
Do you mean that I cannot have the 50 mounted in the bed of my pickup truck? :-)   - Original Message -   From: Kevin Graeme   It's important to know though that a fully automatic M-16 would still   be illegal even if there is no assault weapons ban.   Assault weapon != machine gun.   

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2004-07-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
It's important to know though that a fully automatic M-16 would still be illegal even if there is no assault weapons ban. Assault weapon != machine gun. -Kevin On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:37:18 -0400, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find that a good M-16 is much more effective when hun

RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
> Ok, fair enough. I guess that I can understand that line > of thinking from > them (the NRA) in that their concern is that if there is > any limiting > legislation, it could become a slippery slope. I still > don't see the need > for these weapons to be readily available, either for > hunting (LO

RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Monique Boea
AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question Ok, fair enough. I guess that I can understand that line of thinking from them (the NRA) in that their concern is that if there is any limiting legislation, it could become a slippery slope. I still don't see the need for thes

Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Kevin Graeme
I think the "ban" side's motivations for extending the ban are obvious. Guns are used to kill people. The no-ban side's argument is a little more involved, but not without merit. 1. Responsible gun ownership is a right. 2. The term "assault weapon" as used in this legislation is a bit of a misnome

RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Marwan Saidi
home defense, but oh well... -Original Message- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:47 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Assault Weapons Ban Question Your average gun-rights folks are fine with the ban, Marwan. Problem is, the NRA lobby doesn't necessarily

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2004-07-21 Thread G
e ban that says "you cannot own this type of gun" is unacceptable to the NRA.   - Original Message -   From: Marwan Saidi   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:39 AM   Subject: RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question   And that would be political. Why are they pus

RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread Marwan Saidi
-Community Subject: RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question >>I guess what I am asking is that I don't see the need for Uzis, Tec-9s etc. to be available at Wal-Mart, so why allow the ban to expire? One of the reasons that I know of it the NRA is pushing HARD to keep this issue from being vot

RE: Assault Weapons Ban Question

2004-07-21 Thread John Stanley
>>I guess what I am asking is that I don't see the need for Uzis, Tec-9s etc. to be available at Wal-Mart, so why allow the ban to expire? One of the reasons that I know of it the NRA is pushing HARD to keep this issue from being voted on. I am sure there are many others. -Original Message-