This past weekend saw a terrorist attack in Florida.
It is heartbreaking, and made even more heartbreaking because
of the lack of focus and immediate blame shifting of EVERYONE.
There is enough involved to allow BOTH terrorism and Gun
laws to be examined. I can understand - and fully support - the 2nd amendment,
but the idea of automatic weapons in the 18th century, when the amendment granting
irrefutable rights to own firearms was drafted, was unknown. The first
"automatic" weapon was a repeating shotgun made in 1887 by
Winchester. they further developed and released the first automatic rifle in
1903.
I believe that Americans should have guns, if they are
responsible and properly trained. But I also believe that the government can
regulate those guns and the people that have them or access to them. This is
not rocket science, people. Gun control is not unprecedented and when laws were
passed before, we all got along just fine. Let’s have a little history lesson,
shall we?
Chapter
One:
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) defines a number of
categories of regulated firearms. These weapons are collectively known as NFA
firearms and include the following:
Machine guns—this
includes any firearm which can fire more than 1 cartridge per trigger pull.
Both continuous fully automatic fire and "burst fire" (e.g., firearms
with a 3-round burst feature) are considered machine gun features.
Short-barreled rifles
(SBRs)—this category includes any firearm
with a buttstock and either a rifled barrel less than 16" long or an
overall length under 26". The overall length is measured with any folding
or collapsing stocks in the extended position. The category also includes
firearms which came from the factory with a buttstock that was later removed by
a third party.
Short barreled
shotguns (SBSs)—this category is defined similarly to
SBRs, but with either a smoothbore barrel less than 18" long or a minimum
overall length under 26".
Suppressors
—this includes any portable device designed to muffle or disguise the report of
a portable firearm. This category does not include non-portable devices, such
as sound traps used by gunsmiths in their shops which are large and usually
bolted to the floor.
Destructive Devices
(DDs)—there are two broad classes of
destructive devices:
Devices such as grenades, bombs, explosive missiles, poison
gas weapons, etc.
AND
Any firearm with a bore over 0.50 inch except for shotguns
or shotgun shells which have been found to be generally recognized as
particularly suitable for sporting purposes. (Many firearms with bores over
0.50" inch, such as 20-gauge or 12-gauge shotguns, are exempted from the
law because they have been determined to have a "legitimate sporting
use".)
Any other weapon
(AOW)
Firearms meeting the definition of "any other weapon"
or AOW are weapons or devices capable of being concealed on the person from
which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive. Many AOWs
are disguised devices such as pens, cigarette lighters, knives, cane guns and
umbrella guns. AOWs can be pistols and revolvers having smooth bore barrels
(e.g., H&R Handy-Gun, Serbu Super-Shorty) designed or redesigned to fire a
fixed shotgun shell. While the above weapons are similar in appearance to
weapons made from shotguns, they were originally manufactured in the
illustrated configuration and are not modified from existing shotguns. As a
result, these weapons do not fit within the definition of shotgun or weapons
made from a shotgun.
The AOW definition includes specifically described weapons
with combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more but less than 18
inches in length from which only a single discharge can be made from either
barrel without manual reloading.
The ATF Firearms Technology Branch has issued opinions that
when a pistol (such as an AR-type pistol) under 26" in overall length is
fitted with a vertical fore-grip, it is no longer "designed, made and
intended to fire ... when held in one hand," and therefore no longer meets
the definition of a pistol. Such a firearm then falls only within the
definition of "any other weapon" under the NFA.[9]
In 1938 Congress recognized that the Marble Game Getter, a
short .22/.410 sporting firearm, had "legitimate use" and did not
deserve the stigma of a "gangster weapon" and reduced the $200 tax to
one dollar for the Game Getter. In 1960 Congress changed the transfer tax for
all AOW category firearms to $5. The transfer tax for machine guns, silencers,
SBR and SBS remained at $200.
Chapter
Two:
In 1968, the Gun Control Act was passed. It primarily
focuses on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting
interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers, dealers and
importers.
It was amended in 1993 with the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act. This enhancement created a background check system which
required licensed sellers to inspect the criminal history background of
prospective gun purchasers. It also created a list of categories of individuals
to whom the sale of firearms is prohibited, such as indicted or convicted
felons, addicts, non-immigrant visa holders, dishonorably discharged military
personnel, people that have renounced citizenship of the United States and
those that are under the restrictions of a restraining order for harassing,
stalking or threatening another person. Seems like a reasonable thing to do.
Chapter
Three:
In 1986, the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act was passed.
This banned the sale and possession of machine guns. A citizen can still
purchase these “banned” weapons, but only with approval from the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). This Act also set it up so that the
government could NOT keep a registry of gun owners outside those permitted to
have the “banned” machine gun. It further went on to provide a more detailed
list of persons that would not be allowed to own firearms from the 1968 Gun
Control Act.
Here’s the kicker.
After all of those passed, we did not suffer as a society. We
did not fall into chaos.
The media is a cock sucking death-whore
that will never be satisfied. They perch like vultures waiting for a disaster
or horrific event to provide them the fuel for their fear-instilling shit
machine. They do it on purpose. I blame douche-canoes like J. Jonah Jameson.
His character in Spiderman was based on the “cutthroat world of journalism”. It
is a stereotype – and we all know how I feel about fucking stereotypes! They
are such for a reason – because there is fucking TRUTH to the image!! They spin
the story to be able to create the most enticing headline.
And we eat it up like addicted cum
sluts at the tip of the cock.
Add to that the influence of “social media”
and how every fucking moron has an opinion and they are going to give it to you
and they are right and you are wrong and telling them to fuck off is offensive
to them and blah bla-blah bla-blah!
I know. The irony isn’t lost on me.
This is my blog – my forum for my opinion. The difference? I could not give any
fewer fucks if anyone reads this. This is my cathartic retreat. I have voiced
my opinion and frustrations in a place that CAN be accessed by the general
public, if they so choose to read it.
Anyway – back to the thunder cunt that
is the regular media…
It pains me to see people look at an intentionally
misleading headline, like, “Government to Outlaw Guns”, when the story actually
discusses how the government is looking at banning assault rifles – a move
similar to the 1986 banning of machine guns. Honestly, I see no reason for
there to be a social issue here.
In a strict definition, a firearm must have at least the
following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:
It must be an individual weapon.
It must be capable of selective fire.
It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power
than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle.
Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box
magazine.
And it should have an effective range of at least 330 yards.
Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are
technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such. For
example:
Select-fire M2 Carbines are not assault rifles; their effective
range is only 200 yards.
Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL battle rifle are not
assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges.
Semi-automatic-only rifles like variants of the Colt AR-15
are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities.
Semi-auto rifles with fixed magazines like the SKS are not
assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines and are not capable
of automatic fire.
The U.S. Army defines assault rifles as "short,
compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power
between sub-machine gun and rifle cartridges."
Fun (disputable) fact: The term assault rifle is generally
attributed to Adolf Hitler, who for propaganda purposes used the German word
"Sturmgewehr" (which translates to "assault rifle"), as the
new name for the MP43, subsequently known as the Sturmgewehr 44 or StG 44.
Anyway…
The gun is not the issue. The gun didn't anyone. The person
wielding the gun is SOLELY responsible for the deaths of these people. Having said
that, I am not opposed to “assault rifles” being banned like the machine gun
was in 1986. Assault weapons are obviously two powerful of a weapon for the
general public to have, like the machine gun.
If I am wrong, please give me a realistic reason to own an
assault rifle.
This is completely irrelevant to the issue in Orlando as the
AR-15 is not classified as an assault rifle.
And all of this is irrelevant as restricting weapons sales
will not keep criminals from obtaining guns. Just look at Paris.
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