12/28/2012
A great article posted on Craigslist 12/24/2012
"assault weapon"
Web definitions
Assault weapon is a non-technical term referring to any of a broad category of fi****ms with certain features, including some semiautomatics.
In other words, every rifle, handgun and shotgun capable of one shot per trigger pull without other actions between trigger pulls.
The common citizen CANNOT purchase a machine gun. A machine gun will fire multiple rounds with a single trigger pull. These can only be purchased with the proper licence(dealer/ClassIII, and with business intent in most cases) The AR-15 is the CIVILIAN version of the M-16. The AR-15 IS NOT an AUTOMATIC WEAPON. It is a semi auto. It is illegal to own an automatic weapon without the proper licence and the automatic must be produced prior to 1986. The going price for an AUTOMATIC WEAPON starts around $10,000.00 and involves an extensive 15+ year background check. An AK-47 is an example of such machine guns.
A firearm must have ammunition in the chamber and an operator to activate it.
I keep wondering why we are attacking guns instead of the root problems in society.....Simple......The killers who have committed the recent shooting crimes have offed themselves leaving no one to punish for the atrocities committed. Instead, we turn to blaming th firearm, a piece of machinery that will only do what the operator is capable of making it do. America wants someone to blame and the gun is an easy target. It does not matter if the operator has a single shot rifle, a knife, an AR-15, handgun, baseball bat or bare hands. Richard Spec used his bare hands to murder his victims. It is not a matter of method but motive to commit a crime. Look back in history before fi****ms......was the world free of violent murders, invasions and mental illness? NO. Does it matter if a person with the will has a 30 or 3 round magazine? NO. You give a trained/practiced person enough 3 round magazines and they will be just as effective as with a 30 round mag and probably more practiced in shot placement. Look to Australia for what happens when you disarm a society....They become easy prey. The reason our wise and able forefathers included the "INALIENABLE RIGHT" to bear arms, was to ensure that WE THE PEOPLE are capable of defending ourselves as CITIZENS as needed from ALL PREDATORS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. Your rights are close to being traded for a sense of false security. WAKE UP! The world is a chaotic place. The future is unknown. While we are spoiled with our shroud of organization in this country, we are oblivious to what it is like to wake up with war at the front door. Rest assured, if we continue to relinquish OUR RIGHTS, we will come face to face with that chaos in our own land and succumb to the rule of those who will be less and less concerned with representing WE THE PEOPLE. You want to blame someone for the tragedies of late? Blame the killer, blame the person responsible for allowing access to the weapon, ask for more in depth background checks, but don't try to blame the weapon. Blame yourself America for allowing the breakdown of our rights, our freedom and community. Blame yourself America for attacking the symptom with a quick fix rather than the root of the issue. Blame yourself America for lashing out in anger at what you do not fully understand. And BLAME YOURSELF WHEN THERE IS NO TURNING BACK FROM SUCH FOOLISH MISTAKES.
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The next time you hear Obama, Pelosi, Reid or any politician in front of a microphone, any Hollywood air head, or news commentator spouting off about gun control. . .. . .. . .. . .
You can bet that THEY THEMSELVES either have a gun for protection, have private personal armed security, or in some cases an entire armed security force in their employ.
Just remember that when they get their face in front of the microphone talking down to you.
Richard Spec killed 8 student nurses with his bare hands and nobody was calling for thumb and finger controls or bans. John Gacey killed no less than 33 with a clown outfit and bare hands, again no cry for banning clown suits, or finger and thumb controls. Their hands were the tools. The killers were the sick minds of these sick people.
It doesn't take an AR 15 to slaughter people. The mass murderer in CT used an AR, but the AR didn't kill anyone, HE DID. The sick mind of a sick person. If he didn't have the AR, he would have been on the internet looking up how to make a bomb to blow up a classroom and kill 62 instead of 26.
Take the arms from the responsible and all you do is disarm the good guys. . ..like disarming your local police force.
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A Little Gun History Lesson
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated
China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated...
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
It has now been over 16 years since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal fi****ms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with fi****ms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too! Here is a link to an article on Wikipedia on what Aussies have to do to get a legal firearm! http://www.ehow.com/how_5304170_gun-license-australia.html
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with fi****ms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him of this history lesson.
With Guns...........We Are 'Citizens', Without Them........We Are 'Subjects'.
During W.W.II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
Note: Admiral Yamamoto, who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor, had attended Harvard U 1919-1921 & was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor. Our Army had been deprived of funding and was ill prepared to defend the country.
It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland, his reply was that he had lived in the U. S. and knew that almost all households had guns.
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