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Zeitghost

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18. See the California AWB

Reply to Recursion (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:45 AM

Jun 2022

And how easily detachable magazines became "fixed", first with a bullet button and then when those were banned, with various other devices.

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While the AR10 and AR15 are nearly identical weapons, the AR15 gets all the news [View all] Kaleva Jun 2022 OP

Yes. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #1

The Mini-14? PTWB Jun 2022 #2

An AR15 with a different grip? SYFROYH Jun 2022 #4

Maybe Timewas Jun 2022 #9

Which function Zeitghost Jun 2022 #16

How does a semi automatic shotgun function differently then a AR-10? Kaleva Jun 2022 #22

It would probably come down to the profit margins. bluedigger Jun 2022 #3

The AR15 has the "distinction" of being the most popular weapon of that general type. Sandy Becker Jun 2022 #5

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... bluesbassman Jun 2022 #6

Semiauto shotguns are rarely used by mass shooters Kaleva Jun 2022 #21

What's interesting is that the military is replacing the M-16/M-4 with an AR-10 variant NickB79 Jun 2022 #7

Distinction without much difference slightlv Jun 2022 #8

Yes. kacekwl Jun 2022 #10

can it be used to hunt racoons in the chicken hut and kids in a school? yes it can nt msongs Jun 2022 #11

Maybe because thousands of AR-10' were made but millions or AR 15's were bottomofthehill Jun 2022 #12

One can buy an AR 10 as easily as one can buy an AR15 Kaleva Jun 2022 #27

What about banning based on the type of bullet it is designed to use? Lithos Jun 2022 #13

Then you have to be prepared to ban hunting rifles Zeitghost Jun 2022 #15

Which leaves us with the absurdity of the AWB Recursion Jun 2022 #17

See the California AWB Zeitghost Jun 2022 #18

In all seriousness, why not NFA *all* firearms with "detachable ammunition feeding devices"? sir pball Jun 2022 #29

I proposed a way to identify an assault weapon by the cartridge it fired Kaleva Jun 2022 #24

So they would just start selling more Joenobody Jun 2022 #32

Guns that fire those calibers aren't used often, hardly at all, by mass shooters Kaleva Jun 2022 #42

Ban certain calibers Zeitghost Jun 2022 #38

My proposal covers a range. Kaleva Jun 2022 #43

It's becoming a generic term like Xerox or Kleenex. That's all. hunter Jun 2022 #14

I received training with the M-14 in the army. I fired expert, but only by 2 targets over the 2 days asa4ever Jun 2022 #19

My first tour in Vietnam, MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2022 #28

Just wait until the Army's new service rifle becomes the most popular gun in America pecosbob Jun 2022 #20

Perhaps the kinetic energy of the round might be the benchmark crickets Jun 2022 #30

That would ban just about every hunting round Zeitghost Jun 2022 #39

When the people rownesheck Jun 2022 #23

I have a revolver but it's not to protect property. Kaleva Jun 2022 #26

Better safe than being sorry about dead children ban all gunz. 48656c6c6f20 Jun 2022 #25

Reading new threads and still no one has an issue with AR-10s Kaleva Jun 2022 #31

What the fuck is this shit? SoonerPride Jun 2022 #34

Threads and posts specifically mention the AR-15 Kaleva Jun 2022 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author BusterMove Jun 2022 #33

They aren't the preferred choice for home defense either. Kaleva Jun 2022 #37

AR10 guys are really weird. SYFROYH Jun 2022 #36

Not as weird Zeitghost Jun 2022 #40

True that. Yellow-tinted shades clique. SYFROYH Jun 2022 #41

Ahem Fla_Democrat Jun 2022 #44