Do Republicans want to legalize machine guns?

[Frasier Balzov]

Is that what we can expect if they get into office?

Americans, please vote against the legalization of machine guns by voting AGAINST REPUBLICANS.

[RandySF]

1. Yes

[PJMcK]

2. Yes

And hand grenades, missile launchers and armed drones.

Then tactical nukes…

[central scrutinizer]

10. The second amendment was written

When the average farmer had the same weapon as a soldier. To keep up with the times, a real patriot should have a nuclear tipped cruise missile in a silo in his back yard

[sarisataka]

19. What military are you speaking of?

In my military career I was never issued a "nuclear tipped cruise missile" as a personal weapon

The hyperbole is looking at absurd in the rearview mirror.

[BootinUp]

3. I'd make a joke/pun but I'm not in the mood.

This is an insane decision imho.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. I thought older ones were still legal.

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. The SC does. In anticipation of the civil war

they want so “Alito’s side will win”. This could not be uglier.

[Metaphorical]

6. Isn't it obvious?

More machine guns, more mass killings, more disruption, the more that they can paint Biden as weak on crime.

[Red Mountain]

7. Not exactly......

guarantee you they won't be letting them in the SC building.

What they want to do is 'stick it to the libs'.

Whatever reasonable people want, they oppose.

They're the juvenile court.

[haele]

8. Yes. They also want a civil war so they can burn down the United States.

For some reason, they think they can destroy democracy and kill off all the undesirables whereupon localized compounds run by petty political oligarchs can be set up under some council of the super wealthy Elect. All the grunt work and service work will be technology provided by the compliant technocrats, so the drastic reduction of population won't be felt by those left behind.
And they honestly believe they're going to be able to have the same quality of life they currently have under our current large, diverse, messy, regulated democracy, only without the large population, diversity and regulations.
Sort of like they think it will go go down like: A = A Civil War against all the wimpy, corrupt Liberals and laws they don't like + B = Bang, bang, booms and shrapnel, and after the smoke clears, all the infrastructure is still in place and working; which all ends up at C = Conservatives win and make a new Kingdom of Heaven in perpetuity and everyone is happy in the social position they're really supposed to be in.

There are no consequences, no "in the long run" in the world of the modern GOP. Only the cynical battle for power and quick profits.

Haele

[yagotme]

9. Machine guns are already legal.

Paperwork, background checks, taxes. And state permission. A few states don't, have to get dealer's license.

[Frasier Balzov]

12. Interesting!

But probably not as strong a Democratic campaign message.

[yagotme]

14. Easily checkable misinformation shouldn't be used in a campaign message, IMHO.

Makes the messenger look like an idiot.

[Frasier Balzov]

15. So a voter checks and finds you're right.

And the reaction is "Oh OK Then, If They're Already Legal?"

Don't you suppose the reaction might be more like "WTF They're Already Legal?? Time For A F*** Change!"

[yagotme]

17. Could be "Well, they are legal, the campaign lied to me,

I don't know anyone shot or killed with one, so that party is full of it, so they don't get my vote." Depends on the personal opinion of the voter, I guess.

[WarGamer]

13. A bump stock is a machine gun...

Like a Toyota MR2 is a Ferrari.

[bigtree]

16. you know what republicans were positing

...when they voted to decriminalize someone driving into a crowd of protesters?

That "cars aren't weapons."

You drive either one into a crowd of protesters and the effect is the same.

But who thought up this silly analogy between cars and machine guns, anyway?

[yagotme]

18. Well, both can be used recreationally, or misused,

can cause multiple deaths if misused, and it's easier to buy a car than it is a machinegun.