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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReinstate The Combat Assault Weapons Ban Now...Gov. Martin O’Malley
06/23/2016 08:33 am ET
Gov. Martin OMalley
Former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore
The U.S. Military Academys director of terrorism studies notes that U.S. terrorists have turned to guns, because explosives and explosive materials are monitored more attentively by the government than gun sales.
American al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn emphasized this troubling reality in a video to American jihadists, telling them a fully automatic assault weapon could be purchased at a gun show without a background check or ID card.
His chilling question to them: What are you waiting for?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gov-martin-omalley/reinstate-the-combat-assa_b_10630392.html
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)and the majority of Americans who say:
Reinstate the combat assault weapons ban now!
anoNY42
(670 posts)"American al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn emphasized this troubling reality in a video to American jihadists, telling them a fully automatic assault weapon could be purchased at a gun show without a background check or ID card."
But buying a fully automatic rifle is already subject to background check and ID requirements (not to mention the permit from the federal government it would require). If someone at a gun show sells one of those without a background check and permit, they are already breaking the law. I suspect the guy is actually talking about buying a semi-automatic weapon.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)Maybe at an Al-Qaeda double-secret gun show. Not at any usual gun show.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)dollars and about six months time to purchase a combat assault rifle which is an NFA item and very heavily regulated.
Some states don't allow ownership at all.
Almost zero have ever been used in any crime, ever.
O'Malley doesn't know what he's talking about.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)by Meghan O'Dea JUNE 13, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
What do James Holmes, Adam Lanza, and Omar Mateen have in common? Besides being the perpetrators of three of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, they all share a preference for the AR-15 assault rifle.
The AR-15 assault rifle was used at the Aurora, Colo. shooting, the Newtown, Conn. shooting, and now the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. that killed 50 and is officially the deadliest such massacre in U.S. history. Quartz reported that an illegally modified version of the rifle was also used in the San Bernardino attacks.
So why is the AR-15 so appealing to mass shooters?
http://fortune.com/2016/06/13/ar-15-mass-murderer-link/
Just reading posts
(688 posts)A bit like asking, "What makes fast cars so appealing as getaway vehicles for bank robbers?"
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)ARs are used in very few mass shootings. Most mass shootings are committed with semi-auto handguns.
Connecticut had an AWB in place before the Sandy Hook massacre and Lanza's rifle was compliant. AWBs will not stop massacres.
beevul
(12,194 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)so it doesn't miss those copycat killing machines.
Just reading posts
(688 posts)Conclusion: I'm going to the wrong gun shows....
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Or like in NY, this fugly thing...
I do though have to try harder to find all those full-auto gun-show deals...I must have missed 'em.
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(688 posts)jmg257
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(688 posts)aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)This year alone, including Orlando, more than 6,200 Americans have lost their lives due to gun violence. It is a staggering toll as we near the half way mark for 2016. An incalculable loss for every family and community struck.
And yet, the United States Congress is fighting to debate and vote on only the most incremental reforms to reduce gun violence.
Yes, its true that many American's are dying from gun violence. Most of them are suicides and virtually none of the proposed gun laws on the federal level would address them at all. When attempts to include the mentally ill who are dangerous to themselves or others in NICS are made, there is usually a push back from segments of the right and left based on patient privacy and dignity. Where do you, MOM, stand on developing a mechanism with due process for including the mentally ill who are dangerous in NICS?
First and foremost, we must stop allowing ISIS-inspired lone wolves to buy combat assault weapons so easily here at home.
Combat assault weapons" is a new term of art. I'd like to hear how you define that term.
Mass shootings decreased when the assault weapons ban became law, but Congress under pressure from the NRA allowed the ban to expire in 2004.
That's interesting. I have not seen any report based on data that said the 1994 Federal Ban had any impact on gun violence. I'm sure you have the citation for such a report handy. Let me know.
Ok, but did you know the state of Connnecticut had an AWB in place (modeled after the expired 1994 Federal AWB) and Lanza's rifle was compliant? In what way did the AWB help mitigate the carnage at Sandy Hook? Why do you think another AWB would make any difference?
It is time for Congress to listen to the vast majority of Americans instead of taking its orders from gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association.
Well, I could see this claim having merit if it were only Republicans who voted down the "No fly, no buy" legislation, but as it turns out a majority of Democrats also voted down the Cronin amendment which would have included the 'no fly' list in NICS, but had a due process mechanism included. Why did Democrats vote down this legislation? Was it because of the due process mechanism? If so, why is due process a problem?
The U.S. Military Academys director of terrorism studies notes that U.S. terrorists have turned to guns, because explosives and explosive materials are monitored more attentively by the government than gun sales. American al-Qaeda operative Adam Gadahn emphasized this troubling reality in a video to American jihadists, telling them a fully automatic assault weapon could be purchased at a gun show without a background check or ID card.
His chilling question to them: What are you waiting for?
We should be so lucky to have actual terrorist go to gun shows looking for fully automatic assault weapon without a background check or ID card" because they will never find them. They do not exist.
The evidence at this point is overwhelming. Whatever the various motives, the carnage in cities and neighborhoods across America cannot be denied. The fact that ISIS inspired lone wolves are now using our failure to act to kill American citizens on American soil can no longer be ignored.
We must reinstate the combat assault weapons ban and we must limit magazine capacities to 10 rounds or less. American lives are at stake.
Again, the Sandy Hook massacre happened with an AWB compliant AR. Why would you propose laws that claim to address this kind of horrible act when they won't?
stone space
(6,498 posts)But domestic terrorists get the last laugh once they realize that, due to a fundamental design flaw in these defective consumer products, semi-automatics will spew out bullets as fast as a domestic terrorist can twitch their itchy trigger fingers.
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(688 posts)stone space
(6,498 posts)That's a fundamental design flaw, and one for which manufacturers and sellers should be held liable.
Marengo
(3,477 posts)Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)So 100+ year old technology is, in your mind, fundamentally flawed? Semi-automatic handguns existed prior to the year 1900 and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns existed prior to WWI.
So a hundred years later YOU decide that all of those guns are fundamentally flawed.
stone space
(6,498 posts)The only point that you are making here, is that the design defects of these consumer products may be the result of maliciousness, rather than mere neglect, given how long manufacturers have had to improve the design.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)The point I was trying to make is that your premise that ALL semi-automatics are fundamentally flawed is ridiculous.
Marengo
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(688 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)If it's true that the rifle has a design flaw, seems like the government wouldn't approve of slide fire stocks.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Till they realize technicalities matter and they REALLY need to try a different and more substantive approach, and not just be happy pissing off people they don't like.