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Originally Posted by Cantwaittoarrive
I don't own a gun. I have never owned a gun that was mine. I don't ever plan to own a gun. I am however all for freedom and the US Constitution and against a ban on guns. Here is what confuses me with this disscussion. The term "assault weapon" "assault rifle" "shotgun" have been thrown around as if they are different items, In an earlier post you stated something along the lines that a shotgun would be as effective as an assault rifle in a home invasion, thereby implying that owning a shotgun is ok in your book. I don't understand why a shotgun is ok in your book as I'm sure you realize that shoutguns can also be an assault weapon? as can a pistol? Assault weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I think just throwing terms around without a understanding of what they mean just confuses a otherwise well thought out argument(s). I of course disagree with your arguments but I respect you and your passion |
Read in context for the definitions. Not sure what the US Constitutions' 2nd Amendment means without the context of the various US Supreme Court cases that interpret what rights we as citizens actually have.
Supreme Court Gun Rights Case Likely On The Horizon
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/us...ling.html?_r=0
Gun Control and the Second Amendment
Gun Control and Gun Rights - News - US News and World Report
There is no practically way to collect shotguns, handguns, hunting rifles and the like from people who now have them. Of course they can be used for assault weapons as can just about anything from rock to club to baseball bat to broken wine bottle to knife to handgun to shotgun.
"Assault rifle" I would bet would be understood by most people polled to mean a weapon that fires at a certain rate and with a certain muzzle velocity no matter what it looks like from the outside. Magazine quantity is also a factor.