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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:22:31 PM EDT
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BRAVO SIERRA. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:23:42 PM EDT
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It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it...but I think thats about it, no more restrictions.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:24:19 PM EDT
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Need?
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:24:58 PM EDT
[#4]
A FUN GUN!
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:30:22 PM EDT
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No reason they need a Jet Ski either. Or pool tables. Or remote control cars. Or expencve china. Or marble countertops, Or Bob Timberlake paintings. Or...
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:35:45 PM EDT
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Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it So a guy that kills a person with an M16 should get a longer sentance then someone that kills with a rock? Sgtar15 |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:37:38 PM EDT
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Who ever said that never shot a tommygun.
Now who will buy the ammo? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:38:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it So a guy that kills a person with an M16 should get a longer sentance then someone that kills with a rock? Sgtar15 Damn was that a post ban rock? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:40:05 PM EDT
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People don't NEED a H2 or a corvette either, we have them because they're fun and we CAN.
I would submit that more people are killed each year with/in high performance sports cars than will ever be acheived with privatly owned full auto weapons. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:40:16 PM EDT
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There's no reason why a private citizen needs a .22 rimfire weapon when there are larger, more powerful weapons to be had. I've got my eye on a 40mm Bofors cannon.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:40:45 PM EDT
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Actually, I believe our forefathers had the idea that a public armed as well as the government military would deter that same government from a tolatarian position.
That just might fit the word NEED! But hey, our politicians are smarter than our founders. NOT! |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:40:49 PM EDT
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There's no reason why a private citizen needs a .22 rimfire weapon when there are larger, more powerful weapons to be had. I've got my eye on a 40mm Bofors cannon.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:41:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: "There's no reason why a private citizen needs a fully automatic weapon." What say ye? Your right. Its all about want. I dont need one but I want one And there should be no law preventing me from getting one. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:44:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it...but I think thats about it, no more restrictions. That's retarded. Do you have the same thoughts about long knives, or maybe switchblades? What about big bats? Should drunks in big trucks be punished more than those in little cars? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:45:01 PM EDT
[#15]
Those damn inanimate objects are so evil.
When was the last time a bayonet lug killed someone? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:48:35 PM EDT
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There's no reason why a private citizen needs a firearm that shoots 8, 15, 21, 50 or even HUNDREDS of lethal lead projectiles all with just a [u]single pull of the trigger[/u], and all with very little ability to carefully aim each of the individual, yet still highly deadly, projectiles in a controlled manner.
With a firearm like that, all you have to do is stand in front of the class or resturaunt and [b]"spray and spray and spray some more"[/b]. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:50:25 PM EDT
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There is no reason you need a computer.
[b]BUT WE ALL NEED FULL AUTO WEAPONS!!!!![/b] |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:54:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: There's no reason why a private citizen needs a firearm that shoots 8, 15, 21, 50 or even HUNDREDS of lethal lead projectiles in a all with just a [u]single pull of the trigger[/u], and all with very little ability to carefully aim each of the individual, yet still highly deadly, projectiles in a controlled manner. With a firearm like that, all you have to do is stand in front of the class or resturaunt and [b]"spray, spray and spray some more"[/b]. Oh so now you think I don't need a shotgun either!!!!!! |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:54:58 PM EDT
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Bullshit.
I say that machineguns (including subguns) should be as readily available as any other type of gun. I also would support the repeal of the NFA of 1934 and ALL gun laws passed since, and the disbanding of the BATF, to be replaced by nobody. Punish criminal acts only, not what you own and use. Machines don't give you criminal intent. It's not illegal to own a car that can do 180 or even 200 miles per hour. Having the capacity to do so is not illegal. Having a fast car doesn't make you a speeder, and having a machinegun won't make you a gangster. If you want to speed, you can manage it in a Dodge Colt, and if you want to rob a bank, you can manage it with a note to the teller and a hand in your jacket pocket. Don't ban or restrict any machine. Just punish crimes, quickly and fairly. The rest will take care of itself if you do that right. CJ |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:55:22 PM EDT
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Yea. Right. Whatever! Too bad I already have one. [nana] Edited to add: And about to get another one! |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 4:58:50 PM EDT
[#21]
A citizen should be able to get any non crew served weapon that the government can have.
With no restrictions. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:01:08 PM EDT
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You sir are correct. Nobody needs a fully automatic weapon in the United States. Nobody needs to go to a church of their choice. Nobody needs to have the freedom to assemble. Nobody needs to be secure in their property. Nobody needs to be happy. Nobody needs to keep military out of their homes. Nobody needs to be protected from self incrimination.
They have the the God given right to all those things. So says the supreme law of this land. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:02:10 PM EDT
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Quoted: There's no reason why a private citizen needs a firearm that shoots 8, 15, 21, 50 or even HUNDREDS of lethal lead projectiles all with just a [u]single pull of the trigger[/u], and all with very little ability to carefully aim each of the individual, yet still highly deadly, projectiles in a controlled manner. It's funny listening to people that haven't ever shot machineguns before try to explain what it's like. With a firearm like that, all you have to do is stand in front of the class or resturaunt and [b][red]"spray and spray and spray some more"[/red][/b]. Dude, it's a gun, not a bottle of Windex. Some of you people kill me! |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:04:21 PM EDT
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Quoted: A citizen should be able to get any non crew served weapon that the government can have. With no restrictions. Why not crew served? is a muder commited through a conspiracy more injurous than a single handed murder? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:05:15 PM EDT
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[BS2]
I need one. You could need them for the all the reasons LEOs and Militarys need them. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:05:59 PM EDT
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Gotta agree with cmjohnson, 'criminalizing' inanimate objects and substances is simply cretinous. The votewhores KNOW that but use such 'laws' as control mechanisms on the sheeple.
Besides, 'need' has NOTHING to do with the legitimacy of inalienable Rights. 'Need' is simply a socialist crutch in an attempt to hold up a fallacious argument. The merits-or lack of-'need' is simply irrelevant. Ghost |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:10:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it...but I think thats about it, no more restrictions. I can't speak for other machine guns, but I saw an M60 priced at $6000. I can't imagine anybody claiming that this is "low priced and readily available", just because there was one for sale. Oh yeah, I forget to mention the Class Three junk paperwork and regulations, of which I am largely ignorant, because I can't afford it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:12:28 PM EDT
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On the History channel last week, one of the ‘history of the gun’ series, it reported that since 1934 only 1 crime has been committed [b]with[/b] a legally owned fully automatic weapon, and that was by a police officer.
So it would seem to be better to keep fully automatic weapons out of the hands of cops. [:D] SSD |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:12:54 PM EDT
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Quoted: Those damn inanimate objects are so evil. When was the last time a bayonet lug killed someone? Oh, they just make you WANT to kill something more dead than you can without it! Just like them conspicuously protruding pistol grips and flash suppresors... |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:13:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: I can't speak for other machine guns, but I saw an M60 priced at $6000. Either it was a long time ago or you saw a post sample. I don't know if you can even touch an M60 these days for less than $15K. Hell, just an M16 at $6000 is a decent price. UZI's are hovering around the $4 - 4.5K. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:16:27 PM EDT
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Pony - it was last year I saw the M60.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:22:32 PM EDT
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Definately a dealer sample then. Here is one for sale right now for a mere $32,000
[url]http://www.subguns.com/classifieds/index.cgi?db=nfafirearms&website=&language=&session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&results_format=long&db_id=1822&query=retrieval[/url] Here's another for only $30,000 [url]http://www.sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/nfa4sale.cgi?read=29000[/url] |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:25:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: There's no reason why a private citizen needs a firearm that shoots 8, 15, 21, 50 or even HUNDREDS of lethal lead projectiles all with just a [u]single pull of the trigger[/u], and all with very little ability to carefully aim each of the individual, yet still highly deadly, projectiles in a controlled manner. Quoted: Quoted: With a firearm like that, all you have to do is stand in front of the class or resturaunt and [b][red]"spray and spray and spray some more"[/red][/b]. Dude, it's a gun, not a bottle of Windex. [red]Some of you people kill me![/red] |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:31:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: I have too shot machineguns. BIG ones too! You sure sound like it, Mr. Spray of Bullets. So, which are more apt to spray bullets, the BIG ones or the little ones? [rolleyes] Quoted: [red]Some of you people kill me![/red] More like with fits of laughter. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:40:04 PM EDT
[#35]
There is no Big Effin Deal about machine guns. They aren't scary, at least to me.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:43:02 PM EDT
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Quoted: There is no Big Effin Deal about machine guns. They aren't scary, at least to me. They're funner than hell. Especially the big tripod mounted belt feds! |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:46:03 PM EDT
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They are an easy target for politicians who enjoy spending a day on the lake fishing for votes. Then some idiot discovered that the fish will also bite on "assault weapons."
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:49:59 PM EDT
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[i]"There's no reason why a private citizen needs a fully automatic weapon."[/i]
A typically ignorant comment from someone who doesn't understand, and is too arrogant and intolerant of others to want to understand anything beyond themselves and their "group". If told that statement, I'd hit them with the same thing, starting out with .... [i]"The [b]only[/b] things that us as humans NEED are food, water, and shelter. There's no reason for YOU to have what you have."[/i] Thus starts a discussion that's going to be a big waste of your time. Chris |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:53:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: Actually, I believe our forefathers had the idea that a public armed as well as the government military would deter that same government from a tolatarian position. Oh yeah, that worked well in Iraq where every other camel jockey had an AK-47 stashed in his closet. It didn't affect the totalitarian regime nor did it lengthen the three weeks it took US forfces to overrun the country. Maybe that held water 200 years ago but in the age of tanks, jets and smart bombs, citizens with rifles are powerless. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 5:58:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: I have too shot machineguns. BIG ones too! [LOLabove] Size doesn't matter....errrr....wrong thread. [snoopy] |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:02:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it...but I think thats about it, no more restrictions. I can't speak for other machine guns, but I saw an M60 priced at $6000. I can't imagine anybody claiming that this is "low priced and readily available", just because there was one for sale. Oh yeah, I forget to mention the Class Three junk paperwork and regulations, of which I am largely ignorant, because I can't afford it. Yes I haven't tried to buy them, nor I have money for that. But I know what it takes to buy a NFA firearm. As I said, if we had no more restrictions than that, there will be no conception of NFA and all automatic rifles, carbines and SMGs $$$ will drop and be more "affordable". M60 and M249s will drop but still these won't very affordable. I know what I've said is kind of nonsense, any sane person will not use it to commit crime nor machinegun is more prone to "mass-killing". Sure it might break a few more windows. But I think the point is machine guns should be used more carefully. There are always whackos using them in bad manner. I also admit my misconception about punishing more heavily when you commit crime with machine guns. My thought was if we did that people with MGs will restrain themselves from using them in crime. (which would only work for sane people, but sane people won't commit any crime with guns, so this is a moot point anyways) (edited to add - thanks for observing my statements. I migrated 2 years ago and I think I still have remnants of demonratic values from my mother country. Trying to be conservative but still..you know.) |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:07:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: There's no reason why a private citizen needs a firearm that shoots 8, 15, 21, 50 or even HUNDREDS of lethal lead projectiles all with just a [u]single pull of the trigger[/u], and all with very little ability to carefully aim each of the individual, yet still highly deadly, projectiles in a controlled manner. I'm guessing that [b]Ponyboy[/b] said that because your comment is a typical one from someone who's only knowledge of these weapons is what they've seen on T.V. BTW .... in mentioning your concern, are you referring to an actual incident in the States, of an automatic weapon being used to kill large numbers of people? [i]Just a friendly suggestion[/i] .... it would probably help your argument considerably if you were able to provide details of your full-auto experience(s). Chris |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:07:31 PM EDT
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Seen much machine gun misuse?
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:14:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: Seen much machine gun misuse? But I think thats because MGs are scarce and extremely expansive. That economical barrier keeps criminals in check, but it does harm to us too. If there was no NFA, the first thing I would get is M203 for AR15, no questions asked. I still believe controlled semi-auto fire is more deadly than full automatic fire. But that doesn't mean you must not have MG. I'm just saying in terms of ammunition cost it is less effective. (but it does give you suppressive firepower) |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:14:59 PM EDT
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Damn, I just paid for one last week and NOW I find out I don't NEED it. Guess I'll just have to live with my mistake.
Actually, if I were of the mind to "spray, spray, and spray some more" I wouldn't spend thousands of dollars, go see the Sheriff for his signature, get fingerprinted, send two photos and $200 to the BATF. I'd just take my baseball bat over to Ft Campell and beat the fuck out of some little Army girl and use one your tax dollars paid for. Much simpler and cheaper that way. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:15:39 PM EDT
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Machine guns ARE particularly suited to criminal misuse and should be subject to reasonable restrictions that restrict their possession. Like we did in Iraq, we must take a stand NOW to keep these weapons of mass destruction off the streets before innocent freedom loving americans are massacared.
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:19:00 PM EDT
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Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness is not about NEED. It's about the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
[img]http://myweb.cableone.net/uziforme/creekglock.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:21:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Machine guns ARE particularly suited to criminal misuse and should be subject to reasonable restrictions that restrict their possession. Like we did in Iraq, we must take a stand NOW to keep these weapons of mass destruction off the streets before innocent freedom loving americans are massacared. |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:24:12 PM EDT
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Quoted: americans are massacared. Americans should be capitalized. Isn't massacared what you would describe the people that the Red Cross help during natural disasters and such? |
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Posted: 5/7/2003 6:30:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: It should be a little more difficult to obtain a machine gun, and you should be more heavily punished when you commit crime with it...but I think thats about it, no more restrictions. THere has only been one crime comitted with a Legally registered Machine Gun since 1934. And that crime was comitted by a [b]LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER!!![/b] Edited to add: SSD beat me to it |
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