Assualt weapon ban voted down..

[govnamac]

You forgot that we also need guns to keep the king of england out of here. Come on, thats the best line of that Simpsons episode.

Originally posted by bleachit


and the "I am not a Simpsons' fan" award, has also been awarded.


"Why do we need assault rifles again?"

doesnt anyone watch the simpsons around here??!!

"To hunt today's modern super animals, like the flying squirrel, or electric eel."
- Lenny


edit: thanks aaron, I only edited 4 times before I thought my post was clean. sigh..
edit: spelled aaron's name wrong too. sigh, again

[Southpaw]

On the topic of why the 2nd amendment was put in the constitution remember that we had to revolt against the old gov and had to steal weapons to do so. No I do not believe that that is the only reason but could be a plausible one.

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

Originally posted by Southpaw
On the topic of why the 2nd amendment was put in the constitution remember that we had to revolt against the old gov and had to steal weapons to do so. No I do not believe that that is the only reason but could be a plausible one.

If we tried to revolt now, it would be utterly destroyed,

tank vs man with a machine gun

place your bets now

[cris8762]

And why do I need an assault weapon? To kill anyone who tries to break into my house more effeciently.

Why would you need a assault rifle?! It has been proven that the sound of a shotgun being pumped will make anyone trying to break into a house turn around very quickly and leave. I wouldnt want a freakin assault rifle with high velocity rounds punching through walls in my house and killing my nextdoor neighbors in their sleep!!!!!

[mcveighr]

I'll go with Tank, but what if the tank drivers were revoulutionarys!?

AHHH!

Anyway, I don't see the need for Assault Rifles, but whatever, it doesn't care what I think.

Edit: haha I meant matter.

[Southpaw]

And why do u need an assault rifle. It is totally un-neccesary. Saying you need a assault rifle to target practice is just plain stupid. Use a hunting rifle.

that is why you use a pump and not a e-blade cocker right! seems kind of odd

[alkafluence]

Re: wat?!

Originally posted by Machina123


how can u call serving in the natiional guard service, when his service is even questionable.

Wrong:

From the Washington Post:
"We were phasing out his equipment at the time, and he would have had to train for six to nine months to get into the new aircraft," said Maurice H. Udell, of Friendswood, Tex., who was Bush's flight instructor. "He had a full-time job outside of the Guard, and people often left to pursue their jobs elsewhere. He was not disciplined. There was no incident."

bush hid behind his father in the reserves. bush is a coward,

Wrong again. G.W.B. requested a transfer to a reserve unit in Alabama in order to work on a political campaign there. His father had nothing to do with that.

And why do u need an assault rifle. It is totally un-neccesary. Saying you need a assault rifle to target practice is just plain stupid. Use a hunting rifle.

Needs and wants are different things. No one NEEDS an assault rifle - but perhaps a person may want an assault rifle for the same reason you want/have a paintball gun. Perhaps it is the simple reason of a recreational involvement/enjoyment as a hobby. Just because you don't consider firing an assault rifle to be a hobby doesn't mean someone else doesn't find it to be so.

[Machina123]

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u can say wat u want but there will be a day when assault rifles will be band like they should be. And on the topic of bush i dont know how u can accuse kerry of being a baby killer. When bush goes and bombs iraq because they have weapons of mass destruction. WHERE ARE THEY?!?! oh yeah they didnt find any, isnt that funny, and its also peculiar how there is millions of drums of oil under iraq as well. Yah bush is a great president

[bleachit]

Originally posted by govnamac
You forgot that we also need guns to keep the king of england out of here. Come on, thats the best line of that Simpsons episode.

Le Sigh. posted on the first page.

"it means that I, as a US citizen, have a constitutional right to own guns. I dont want the king of England barging into my house telling me what do to, do you?"

I dont forget Simpsons' quotes

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

Re: Re: wat?!

Originally posted by alkafluence


Wrong:

From the Washington Post:
"We were phasing out his equipment at the time, and he would have had to train for six to nine months to get into the new aircraft," said Maurice H. Udell, of Friendswood, Tex., who was Bush's flight instructor. "He had a full-time job outside of the Guard, and people often left to pursue their jobs elsewhere. He was not disciplined. There was no incident."




Wrong again. G.W.B. requested a transfer to a reserve unit in Alabama in order to work on a political campaign there. His father had nothing to do with that.



Needs and wants are different things. No one NEEDS an assault rifle - but perhaps a person may want an assault rifle for the same reason you want/have a paintball gun. Perhaps it is the simple reason of a recreational involvement/enjoyment as a hobby. Just because you don't consider firing an assault rifle to be a hobby doesn't mean someone else doesn't find it to be so.

Bush's national guard duty is questionable at best, and lets just leave it at that, its not going to make any noticeable effects on the election.

Also in a recent TIME there was an article about his service it did a good job going over both points of view, I suggest taking a look at that.

[RecklessFable]

Originally posted by 845
Why do we need assault rifles again?

There are two very important responses to this most common of questions:

One: In a supposedly free country, why do we have to prove a need to own something. The true question should be "Why should we ban assault weapons?" Which is a much more difficult arguement, considering you are trying to take (another) freedom away from law-abiding citizens.

Two: A large part of the definition of assult rifle is basically "A rifle that looks scary" Many legal hunting rifles can lay down as much fire as the weapons that were banned, they just have wood grain stocks so they must be OK...

A final word:
I've never been threatened by someone with a licensed firearm, but I have been threatened by someone with an unlicensed baseball bat.

[sgt_easton]

Originally posted by MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata
As of current day, the 2nd amendment makes less sense, then it did when this nation was formed.

Simply because there is no longer the need for a militia to protect the US.

I'm in the militia. National Guard. Therefore, I need an assault rifle.

....not quite sure what I'm going to "assault" yet, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

[bleachit]

Originally posted by sgt_easton


I'm in the militia. National Guard. Therefore, I need an assault rifle.

....not quite sure what I'm going to "assault" yet, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

I am a US citizen, therefore I need an assault rifle. I dont know what I want to assault either, but when I figure out what it is, Id rather have the assault rifle and be like "This is totally bad arse, I am assault rifling this motha." as opposed to "Damn, I wish I had an assault rifle to assault this motha, sigh, I guess I will just have to stick with my good ol model 1911."

[FactsOfLife]

Originally posted by impostal22


so you're saying the amendment wasn't created in an effort to stop possible foreign invasion by the british?

then explain why the quartering of troops amendment is in there...which is obviously DIRECTLY linked to foreign invasion.

No it wasn't. It was put there so that citizens couldn't be disarmed by their OWN government.

[FactsOfLife]

Originally posted by bleachit


and the "I am not a Simpsons' fan" award, has also been awarded.

How horrible of me to not be one of the mindless sheeple to know every line from a tv show.

And to think, all those wasted hours actually accomplishing something.


oh the humanity.