GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[thekid65]

Hi Kid,

I'm not gonna ask what you're doing up so early. I wish that I wasn't.

I've been using "assault-type" weapons all along to avoid terminology debates when that's not the real issue. I've seen enough of that shit from both sides of the fence in the press.

"Assault" weapons is what I'm mostly seeing used in the press and by those advocating stricter gun control.

"Semi-Automatic" is what I'm sometimes seeing in the press and by those against stricter gun control.

"Assault-type" is what you're reading by a poster who doesn't think the terminology should be a means by which to divert the issues, but is recognizable as a semi-automatic weapon referred to as an assault weapon in the press.

And, yes, I know that Automatic weapons are banned.

I'm no expert on guns. So, if you wanna give me your input, Kid, I'm all ears.

I'm always up early, pay attention! And actually, I start a 10 day vacation from work today, so I'll probably participate a bit more in this neck of the woods. The reason I ask about the definition, is that I've been bickering with some dumbfucks on Facewank that seem to think that lifting the "assault weapon" ban in 04 contributed to this, and they want to see it re-instating thinking that it will help solve the problem. The ban was a complete joke, at best. And these guys have absolutely no clue. They got a bit quiet when I pointed out that Columbine, and the Jonesboro shootings happened during the ban period, and that the Tec-9 used in Columbine was actually a DC version specifically made for California which had stricter gun control laws.