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Originally Posted by Byte1
Yep, there are pacifists and there are patriots. Too bad folks do not know anything about firearms and think that anything that has a plastic stock is "military like." By the way, just for S&G's the 2nd talks about firearms in the context of a local militia. Of course, this is a straw man's argument, but I wonder if anyone understands that if you ever have to fight the gov. a "military like" weapon would be most folks choice. Therefore, outlawing "military like" weapons would be construed as violating the theme of the 2nd Amendment, right?
By the way, most pistols now are semi-automatic, not automatic. Most rifles now are semi-automatic, including shotguns. When the 2nd Amendment was written, did they mention what constituted a "military like" weapon and what would just be used for hunting? I don't really think that they were thinking of hunting when they wrote the 2nd.
An assault weapon can be anything, not just a automatic or semi-automatic. They did not have either when they wrote the Amendment. An assault weapon then was a musket or a tomahawk. Now, most define an assault weapon as a fully automatic rifle or machine gun. The only way you can get one is to pay a tax stamp with the federal gov. and fill out a fifteen page document and then a full background investigation. Can you tell me if you can remember in the last fifty years of anyone that committed a crime with a legally owned automatic weapon? Key term "legally owned."
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I have known the distinction between semi-auto and fully automatic weapons since 5th grade. That is practically a detail compared to my various larger points. I was not talking about hand guns. But, there are semi-auto except single action would be more analogous to a quick bolt action, or a pump,or lever action than a semi-auto. Plus there are match single action hand guns, even multiple barrel hand guns. Again, I wanted to KISS and deal with only long guns. I have no problem with the 2nd amendment, so barely mentioned it. I would not define a tomahawk as an assault weapon no more than some kung fu artists hands. But, thanks for your input!