What is your opinion on gun control?

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  • Theadage
    10 years ago | pl

    I am fine with people having handguns for protection and all, but what would someone need a machine gun for?

    I think some military grade guns need to get regulatedI don't understand what use they would be to civilians unless you're planning a massacre. You can't hunt with them, and it's going overboard for protection.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago | pl

      You make a good point.

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    • wigsplitz
      10 years ago | pl

      We aren't given the Constitutional right to hunt, we are given the right to defend against a tyrannical government. But fully automatic weapons ARE banned already anyway.

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      • Theadage
        10 years ago | pl

        I'd be pretty surprised if the creators of the constitution had to acknowledge something that helped develop the nation. (hunting) It's just that perennial.

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      • Theadage
        10 years ago | pl

        They're not banned, they're highly regulated. Civilians can still purchase fully automatic weapons.

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        • wigsplitz
          10 years ago | pl

          They were "banned" in 1986, so they have to have been made before then (and have the proper paper trail) in order to be sold/possessed by a civilian.

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          • Theadage
            10 years ago | pl

            Yes, the point is that they are still circulating, and are allowed to be purchased.

            Also, military style Semi-Automatic weapons regulation ran out on 2004. Meaning people can purchase high-capacity magazine guns.

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            • wigsplitz
              10 years ago | pl

              The capacity of magazines you're allowed to have varies by state. My state just passed law to restrict it to 7 rounds, previously it was 10, however you could have larger magazines if they were made before 1994.

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              • Theadage
                10 years ago | pl

                Your states regulation laws doesn't apply to the 49 others.

                Hence why I suggest they regulate high capacity magazine guns at a national level.

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