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ORIGINAL: Moonhead

Not actually the question I asked, or anything to do with it.

you asked why do you need an assault rife, Im informing you "assault rifles" such as the ar15 are used as hunting, sporting, and target shooting guns. I answered your questing i thought, maybe im not understanding it

AR-15's are terrible hunting and target shooting weapons. They were designed to be less accurate than hunting rifles and earlier military rifles, shorter barrels amongst other features.

People buy AR's becuase they are either completely clueless or have rambo fantasies.

If you intend to hunt and do it well you get a decent 30 caliber rifle (.30-30 or 30-06 or .308) or a .22 RIM for small game. Both also work much better for target shooting than an AR.

Terrible hunting rifles? Its about all anyone uses these days. most states wont let you use 30-06 or .308 because the rounds travel a hell of alot further and with more kenetic energy. I live in indiana and ar15s are mainly varment platforms, I dont know where you get that "they arent accurate" ca-ca from but most are good well out beyond 800 - 900 yards.

If you want to argue something bad about the 5.56 round argue that it was designed to tumble in the body and wound, not kill, because the prevalent thinking at the time of its inception was a wounded soldier took two soldiers to carry him off the battlefield thus taking three soldiers off the battlefield.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

To convert any AR frame semi to full auto requires a change in receiver, lower assembly (to add the select fire switch) and a few very small parts.

If you can find the necessary parts in the first place, they are covered under special laws called NFA laws, as is automatic weapons.

For the record, prior to 1934,you could buy a full auto tommy gun at sears.

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Okay,I'm walking away again I swear I am...but I just caught a State Rep.from Oregon on CNN suggesting that we arm "volunteers" to protect out schools.That it is too expensive to expect law enforcement to do it,but that local leo's could in fact train and vett these proposed volunteers.


I get the idea that many believe that America does not have a gun problem....that instead what we are facing is a shortage of armed responders.
In other words America does not,currently,have quite enough folks walking around with loaded weapons.


Volunteers....I wonder,should such volunteers be armed with assault rifles,I mean the last thing we want is for them to be outgunned in the ensuing gun fights ?

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A competent gunsmith can convert the civilian version to full auto in a quarter of an hour, can't they?

Obviously you would be surprised to learn how many different auto-loading rifles and pistols can be converted to full-auto even without a gunsmith.

K.

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One of the earliest weapons coverted into an automatic was done before 1900 with an old cowboy lever action. John Moses Browning converted an 1892 Winchester and that resulted in his first production machinegun the potato digger of 1895...

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I think we're supposed to have the same weapons available to us as the government has, in case the government turns against us.

I'm not a Democrat, but I'll put it in these terms. Suppose Bush turned out to be the evil dictator some thought him to be? Suppose he started "rounding up" gay people, people on welfare, people who voted for John Kerry. How would you fight back?

If the next guy turns out to be Hitler, Pol Pot.....how are you going to fight back? It happens.

Another thought. Every single government building has cops at the door. The cops have guns. All the government buildings except.....schools. They have a big sign that says "There are no guns here. We have no one who can shoot back." Why is it important to guard the mayor's ass, but not the asses of 600 kids?

Honestly...how often do you hear about a trained law enforcement officer getting his gun taken from him? Not often.

We need to stop fighting about guns and start figuring out what in the hell we're going to do for the mentally ill.

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ORIGINAL: Notsweet

I had a friend who worked as a prison guard in Virginia. He told me some of the ways that inmates have made guns. It was amazing.