[quote]johnnybravo30 wrote:
…and spark debate I did. This is obviously an emotional topic for you as you went way beyond the things I mentioned. Please re-read my very first sentence before you put me on your “People I won’t give guns to when the shit hits the fan” list.
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Allow me to temper my response a little better. My argument wasn’t personal, just heated. I just know several people who have to deal with the ATF, and I assure you that they are NOT the good guys. They bully gun store owners and try to force them out of business. Examples of reasons to be harassed by the ATF in Idaho are to have people put Y or N instead of yes or no in background check forms. The ATF is the worst federal department in the US. It’s full of racists and bullies and the exact people with the John Wayne attitude that you deplore.[quote]
*Note - Ethical gun retailers have the common sense not to sell some guy from out of town 10-12 handguns per month the way shops like the Arrowhead Pawn Shop (4th worst offender) in Georgia does. 54% of legally purchased guns that are used in crimes come from less than 1% of the 80,000 gun retailers in the US.
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That’s fine. But it is something that could and should be handled by the FBI. [quote]
- I didn’t give any indication that I thought Uzis shouldn’t be modified. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the strange and illogical modification law you informed me of was the the result of some congressman being in the pocket of some gun manufacturer. It makes no sense as anything but method for eliminating foreign competition.[/quote]
Call me crazy, but implying that the more radical wing of the NRA (which would be me) could take our illegally modified uzis to make a sprinkler out of our heads sounds as if you were against it. I guess I misread.[quote]
But to non-gun folk, you know its the modification to fully automatic that worries them. [/quote]
I know, and it’s ridiculous that they do. The only real value in a machine gun is for supporting fire. A semi-automatic AR-15 would be much more deadly in a person’s hands than a fully automatic rifle. In smaller spaces I concede a submachine gun would be valuable, but even so, I’d rather have to deal with some hoser with an MP5 than an M4.
Your concern for a John Wayne attitude cuts both ways. Hollywood has left uninformed citizens thinking that a gun is some easy point and kill weapon that anyone can use. People who haven’t fired a gun seem to think that you don’t need skill.
mike