Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2113003)

Sorry, but the AR-15 is NOT an assault weapon. Assault weapons are select-fire, semi-auto and full auto. An AR-15 is a semi-auto, and only looks like the military version. Besides, semi-automatic rifles were invented for civilian (hunting) use years before the military decided to go semi-auto. Also, hunting, sport shooting, and target shooting is done on a daily basis with semi-automatic weapons. It would help if you got your facts together before issuing an emotional and illogical statement. But, I do understand where you are coming from.

Originally Posted by forebubba (Post 2113077)

Do you need a military weapon designed to kill and rip apart anything it hits?
Do you need a 30 + round clip?
Do you need a gun that can fire 30 rounds in 15 seconds?
Do you have a problem waiting for a week to get a gun while a person is checked out for a mental and and or criminal record.
Do you think it's ok for people to have guns more powerful than the police?

A overwhelming number of people want these changes EVEN GUN OWNERS

Wake up

Originally Posted by Pballer (Post 2113084)

I can see needing a semi-automatic for the "sport" of hunting. Make sure the animal has no chance.

Originally Posted by forebubba (Post 2113077)

Do you need a military weapon designed to kill and rip apart anything it hits?
Do you need a 30 + round clip?
Do you need a gun that can fire 30 rounds in 15 seconds?
Do you have a problem waiting for a week to get a gun while a person is checked out for a mental and and or criminal record.
Do you think it's ok for people to have guns more powerful than the police?

A overwhelming number of people want these changes EVEN GUN OWNERS

Wake up

Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2113048)

I agree with your statement, but not everyone is gun smart, I am sure the poster was simply using the current popular term (assault weapon) to refer to the Assault styled weapon commonly called the AR_15, which is the weapon of choice for mass shootings. That does not take away from your points, but we could all use a little more effort to reason what people are trying to say instead of getting all bent over they saying it wrong.

I was a IT consultant most of my career and I would not have had many clients if I constantly corrected their incorrect usages of IT terminology, instead I tried to understand what they meant, so we could address the problem they have.

Arguing over terms while mass shooting occur about every 2 days in this country is not really productive and tends to make people feel confrontational.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 2113091)

So you're not a hunter. Many bird hunters use semi-automatics in order to get more than one shot at a group of birds flying away.

Originally Posted by Two Bills (Post 2112807)

I found this an interesting article by BBC.
In UK 2020/21 there were 235 homicides where knives were involved.
The weapon of choice since guns were banned.

America'''s gun culture - in seven charts - BBC News

Originally Posted by MrFlorida (Post 2113088)

The Supreme Court say's its our Constitutional right, if you don't agree you can move.

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2113114)

Here's the problem with that: People need to correctly identify and use the proper terminology when talking or reporting about firearms. When definitions are skewed, and continually used in public, a common misunderstanding ends up becoming "fact". People call a magazine by the incorrect term "clip" and that word can eventually be used when enacting local laws. People watch too many movies with guns and actually believe those special effects are real. Words have meaning, and should be used correctly in order for the reader or listener to understand what is actually being conveyed.

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2113114)

Here's the problem with that: People need to correctly identify and use the proper terminology when talking or reporting about firearms. When definitions are skewed, and continually used in public, a common misunderstanding ends up becoming "fact". People call a magazine by the incorrect term "clip" and that word can eventually be used when enacting local laws. People watch too many movies with guns and actually believe those special effects are real. Words have meaning, and should be used correctly in order for the reader or listener to understand what is actually being conveyed.

Originally Posted by Pballer (Post 2113084)

I can see needing a semi-automatic for the "sport" of hunting. Make sure the animal has no chance.

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 2113121)

Most of the media have no idea what they are talking about (parroting!!).

And way too many on open forums like this have no clue what they are talking about.....here again parroting from the media or special interest talking points......where it matters not whether accurate or false.

They are entitled to their opinion even if incorrect.

Originally Posted by Pballer (Post 2113115)

I guess it is the great equalizer for hunters that have no marksmanship skills. I wonder how they ever shot birds in the 19th and earlier centuries.