Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sen. Kamala Harris will announce that she would use executive action to ban import of AR 15 [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)it should be obvious that she meant generic scary guns that have been used to kill a lot of people, whatever the design. And has no interest in defining specifics.
And I do remember my military training-- M1's in ROTC, M14's in the actual army, and various other grenades, small artillery pieces, handguns and whatevers. None of these, btw, was ever described as a hunting weapon. We were taught to use them to kill "the enemy", not bears or bison. Curiously, at bayonet practice we were taught to yell that the spirit of the bayonet is "to kill".
Better to call them "the enemy" than just some guys fighting for their own country. "The enemy" must be dehumanized so it's easier to kill him. Put "the enemy" in the same class as rats and possums so it seems more like pest control than killing fathers and brothers of unseen families.
Never got to use an M16 since they were all sent to 'Nam and I never got over there, but what I heard from the guys who came back was most often "piece of shit".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden