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In reply to the discussion: So now we have had another attack with an assault weapon... [View all]Orsino
(37,428 posts)4. I'm sure that "legitimate sport" can be had with an AR-15.
The only operative question ought to be whether the risks outweigh our liberties, or whether any excuse can be formulated that limits our ability to regulate these weapons.
They won't let us study the risks officially, and all they seem to be able to do in the latter case is to pretend that "shall not be infringed" overrides any and all concerns. They just wanna sell us more guns.
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Don't forget, before we can have any opinion on these weapons we must be able to define every
wasupaloopa
Apr 2018
#2
I just tell them to get on board now with sane gun laws before we hit you with insane ones.
Iggo
Apr 2018
#28
But somehow the State of California has managed to define things pretty well.
The_Casual_Observer
Apr 2018
#57