10-03-2017, 10:38 AM
(10-03-2017, 09:30 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Paddock reportedly converted semi-automatic rifles into machine guns using bump stocks and high capacity magazines.
The bump stocks are attachments which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire mostly from recoil instead of trigger pull, making it possible for human hunters like this piece of shit to fire off even more rounds per minute. And, so far, it seems he bought his full arsenal legally.
I actually agree with Piers Morgan -- gun enthusiasts who suggest people shouldn't talk about gun policy after yet another mass shooting are full of it -- simply trying to invoke God and exploit sympathy to shame people into silence by shame. Ihttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4942278/PIERS-MORGAN-Vegas-Muslim-terror-d-new-laws.html
Thats illogical and such fucking stale rhetoric. Americans should do what we can to understand and minimize natural disasters and be better prepared to respond when they do occur. The same should be true of threats caused intentionally by human disasters like Paddock. In my opinion.
However, with the NRA's tight grip on conservative politicians' balls and the NRA's role in helping get Trump elected, I doubt we'll see any serious effort at more sensible gun policy during this administration. I hope I'm wrong about that.
Pretty much agree with you. I Think there has long been a need to tighten up some gun legislation. The problem as I see it though is that the anti gun crown immediately starts trying to shove in all kinds of stupid shit most of which is based on emotional knee jerking rather than thoughtful research.
Yea I know lots of folks are going to start in on All guns are evil...
By all means, change the laws, but do it intelligently, I hope it happens that way.
The NRA is almost as bad in the opposite direction, their first response is Fuck That....and around and around we go