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Old 05-29-2022, 06:49 PM
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"Weapons of war" are fully automatic weapons. The vast majority of firearms are semi-automatic. Big difference and a difference that is lost on apparently most people. While it is possible to own a fully automatic weapon (typically collectors), there are a lot of hoops to jump through including approval by the Federal Government. It is a common mistake to assume your average Joe can buy an automatic weapon - he can't. Stop calling the firearms that people can actually buy "weapons of war" - they are not and it is disingenuous to say so.

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
Not very nice to say that I am on a "drug-induced " fantasy. I would NEVER, never say that about you or anyone on TOTV. I am NOT for taking away GUNS designed for hunting, targets, or home protection. I am against the NRA and greedy manufacturers that have (through propaganda) moved shooters AWAY from sportsman-type rifles and TOWARD selling weapons of WAR to CIVILIANS. Think about that........it makes no sense.......it is a CON JOB by the manufacturers and the NRA. They make the profits and the average people in America get shot buying groceries and their children die and bleed at school.
........I would rather live with a bolt action to defend my home than have excessive weapons of WAR circulating in society. But, I know it is too late. I just want to be on record as saying that it does not HAVE to be this way. And it WILL get worse. And I don't want to hear the childish propaganda about "a good guy with a gun " and that "slippery slope" sing-song crap!