GOPer: "Automatic weapons not lethal when appropriately used."

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/goper-stuns-msnbc-host-with-ar-15-claim-theyre-not-dangerous-theyre-like-trucks-driving-into-crowds/

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) insisted on Wednesday that assault-style rifles like the AR-15 should not be banned following the massacre in Las Vegas because he said the weapons are “not dangerous.”

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Cole, however, was against banning AR-15s.

“There’s millions of them in circulation,” he said reflexively. “When they’re used appropriately, they’re not dangerous.”

“They have to be dangerous!” Geist interrupted.

“So, again, so are some trucks driving into crowds,” Cole shot back, earning a quizzical look from Geist. “So again, I don’t see that as the obvious answer.”


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How do you appropriately use a weapon designed to kill people and not kill people???


And btw
When appropriately used, radioactive material is not dangerous.
When appropriately used, cyanide, asbestos, lead and arsenic are not dangerous.
When appropriately used, cocaine and heroin are not dangerous.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The whole point of the damn things is to be dangerous.

When "used appropriately" they kill people because that's exactly what they are intended to do.

[HughBeaumont]

2. "LETZ BAN ALL TRUX! LETZ BAN ALL NIVES!!!1!"

Concrete barriers can stop or take away the path of a runaway van/truck.

One guy cannot kill/maim hundreds of people with a single knife. He'd likely get pounced on after one or two casualties (Portland notwithstanding).

We cannot outrun or stop hollow points.

[guillaumeb]

3. The purpose of a firearm is to kill.

The purpose of an idiot like Tom Cotton is to take money from his sponsors/owners and say exactly what they want him to say.

[haele]

4. Does what he mean is the appropriate use of automatic weopons is for shooting on the range only?

I mean, practice and target shooting is about the only way you can actually use automatic firearms without killing people. And to use an automatic weapon while hunting is just ridiculous - you damage the meat, you damage the trophy.

So I guess that means there's no problem with legislating that for the general public, all automatic weapons should be kept at only ranges and target sites?

Haele

[gratuitous]

13. This sounds like a good proposal

We just want to be sure these war weapons are used appropriately. As such, they are locked away at all times and brought out strictly for range shooting. After the shooter has shot enough stuff, the weapon is locked away again.

[VOX]

5. Also, cigarettes only kill you if you smoke 'em.

Just leave 'em in the pack, and you're fine.

BUT LIKE GUNS, THEIR VERY PRESENCE PRACTICALLY DEMANDS THEIR USE.

Insanity.

[Jamastiene]

6. He seems to think they shoot cotton balls or something.

Guns are for killing. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Anything made specifically for killing is dangerous.

[Renew Deal]

7. Actually, they are the most dangerous when used appropriately

That's the point

[rurallib]

8. Mr. Cole, could you please demonstrate this for us?

ETA
Maybe you and John Thune could decide who will get small and avoid injury and who will shoot the "not dangerous" 800 bullet a minute gun.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Which completely misses every conceivable point. nt

[GeorgeGist]

10. Neither is cyanide ...

fucking moron.

[NCjack]

11. A little stupid goes a long way in delivering hurt. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

12. Intended?

Las Vegas the other night was exactly what those weapons are intended for. They weren'tt made for yokels to play war games with, they weren't made for target practice nor hunting, and they weren't made for home defense against burglars. They were made for exactly what this guy used them for, to kill and injure as many human beings as possible in the shortest amount of time.

[OldHippieChick]

14. Heroin doesn't kill people.

People kill people.