Do you believe owning an assault weapon
should be a privilege,
(like a driver's license)?
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46 comments:
Make no laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. In the old days it was muskets today its a semi auto rifle. These are needed to rise up against our government when the need arises. Thats is the sole purpose of the 2nd admendment. Self preservation against crime and tyranny.
Yes
7:25 is spot on.
7:25 Perfect
no
Having said that , I don't know what an assault weapon is .
I was in the army infantry recon , we had M14's M15's amd M16's , they were fully automatic. I assume that is what you are talking about.
Any weapon can be considered an assault weapon by definition if you assault someone with it .
i believe that owning a weapon is a right. whether i assault you with a weapon such as a rifle, handgun, porkchop, orange, brick, letter-opener, my buick, a sharpened shingle or piano wire, which is a criminal action, is not a right or privilege. I'm no longer employed as a special ops pararescue jumper, but I have those skills in my mindset all of the time. Is that a privilege? You're damn right it is. It's not like I'm going to forget the person I was developed to be just because I'm no longer active duty. Oh, I have weapons. To you, it may look like an ordinary living room, but I have weapons all over my house. Almost anything can be used to take a life, if you know how. While most people will never experience the burden of taking a life which I'm thankful for, I do wish there was a way for weapons enthusiast to truly understand the responsibility of the possibility of doing so. That goes true for promiscuous sex as well. It's all fun until you take a life or make one.
As in a "government regulated" privilege? Nope.
Agree with 7:25. The 1st ammendment doesn't only protect speech using 18th century methods, like newsprint & the town crier, it has grown to encompass today's technologies. The 2nd ammendment has also grown. When we accept shrinking freedoms, the American people lose.
Any and all weapons are our RIGHT. Nothing is an assault weapon until it is used as such...even a hammer can be considered an assault weapon.
This weapons your referencing are actually DEFENSE weapons!
Quit with you liberal communist progressive trick questions!
NO do not consider making our right into a controlled privilege!
"Shall Not Be Infringed"
Yes, after a background check.
Some of you are purposely trying to be difficult. To call me a Liberal is just stupid. To not understand what an assault weapon is, hopefully you do not own a weapon of any kind. This is a popular topic and if you don't like the question, don't answer it and move on.
"Shall no be infringed"
Class III weapons require a stamp, and to get that stamp is considered a privilege. So, it's already there. In place. And stringently enforced.
A semi-automatic is not an assault rifle.
No. It's already a right, as in unassailable and absolute. What would be taken away if it became a "privilege" is that right, which would put question to every other right guaranteed by the Constitution.
I believe what is being referred to here is that the liberals and anti-gun press have changed the definition of an assault weapon to fit their narrative. Assault weapons are capable of going fully auto. Guns such as AR-15s are not. But the term "assault weapon" sounds more threatening.
Originally, what we refer to now as semi-autos were called "self loaders". Unfortunately the early anti-gun mob was allowed to define the firearms as "semi-auto" again clouding the functionality.
NO
Assault weapons should be restricted to LE and military.
assualy weapon? sounds horrible
i prefer modern sporting rifle.
its all in a name, and looks
NO, Not a Privilege, a RIGHT!!
No. We are intended to be able to fight fire with fire. Whether is the guy breaking into my house, the lunatic shooting up a gay bar or ever expanding bloated federal government, it does not matter why. It is our unalienable right.
And we are not being difficult. Assault weapon is a PC term that was created by politicians. These are rifles. They may be semi automatic. But Assault Rifles to idiots means a fully automatic weapon which is almost never the case. So politicians use it to dishonestly bolster their argument. And there are plenty of liberal idiots out there that have no clue.
If you didnt know this that is fine but don't scold us because you continue to dance to the beat of their drum. Changing the word you use would be most appropriate in this instance since you are the leading news source on Delmarva.
These terrorists could do as much damage with a cheap shotgun bought at a yardsale or Walmart as they can do with a semi auto.
That being said, the narrative of your question is ambiguous and misleading.
A TRUE assault weapon, like the ones you see the Muslims carrying in Libya and Syria the ak-47 or its American counterpart the
M-4 are fully automatic.
"Street" or civilian versions are not. Full auto is only available as a privilege as you say to law enforcement and military in the U.S.
The issue is not hardware, it is a barbaric ideology of hate, repression, misogyny and murder. The cult of Islam.
Americans deserve the right to defend themselves and their country as they choose.
Full Auto? No.
Yes for assault weapons. No for pistol, rifle, or shotgun type weapons.
I am with 8:41, ordinary citizens should not own them.
I don't see it as a privilege, I see it as a right.
7:25 Said it all
The 2nd Amendment was designed to keep Americans safe from a tyrannical government. It was not designed for the purpose of sport hunting, although it covers that topic very well. With that in mind, I would be very ineffective with anything less than AR15, and therefore need it to protect my family.
No, it was written in to the constitution to ensure citizens abilities to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. If we can't have as good weapons as the government, they can control us...which is what they want.
I own many guns legally. They are in a large steel safe bolted to a wall in the basement. I am as pro second amendment as any one. But you have to be delusional if you think you need them to protect yourself from our government. We are pawns of the government and all the guns in the world aren't going to protect you from whatever the government wants to do to you.
It is a right under the 2nd.Amendment. The only way you will take my guns, & I mean any gun, is over my cold ,dead body. Is there a Liberal out there that even knows what an assault weapon is? If someone kills a person with a chair, does that chair then become an assault weapon?
11:10, If not for the 2nd Amend.,and We the People having guns, the government would already be doing worse than they are to the People.
Yes,I will probably lose when TSHTF.But I would rather die fighting than in a feme camp.
11:10...you have bought into the inane idea that, since our government has tanks and helicopters and machine guns and an army of several million, "we, the people" are helpless and might as well surrender now to a tyrant.
Know this, my friend -- there are many, many, more millions of gun owners than police, National Guard units, and military combined.
A gun confiscation effort would start a revolution and they would lose.
"We, the people" would be everywhere, armed and dangerous. And millions of us HAVE military training, too. And something to fight for....
Of course, there will always be "hessians" and "tories", too.
Hope they have guns, too. They'll need them.
Is someone from Willards or Pittsville going to organize the millions of gun owners and win a war against the American military? Now that's seriously delusional. How about this, work hard and be happy. Quit worrying about things that you can't control.
My husband and son have many guns and rifles for hunting. My husband was also in law enforcement so he had to qualify with them. Myself if I lived alone I would not have any, I have heard that if a criminal gets in your home, it just gives him something to kill with. They scare me and I'd rather have a dog, that I could control.
If you folks who think we should not be allowed to own "assault rifles" had any idea how many assault rifles people actually owned you would be terrified...but you shouldn't be. These are your friends, co-workers, the guy who held the door for you this morning at 7-11. The danger is from undiagnosed or untreated mental illness and extremism (if they aren't the same thing). This country is coming apart at the seams so if you afraid to have a gun in your home, I would suggest befriending someone who does because they will be the people saving your ass when the $&%+ hits the fan.
Let unarmed dems deal with terrorists knocking on there doors then u will see them Cringe while my door stays LOCKED.
This country was founded by people who did not accept that they could not change their government and armed with guns they took this country from the much more powerful military of the British.
Despite the constant looming threat of the British they did not try to limit the rights and freedoms of their people. When the British returned to burn DC and the Whitehouse it was armed citizens of this region that drove them out.
The military is sworn to uphold the Constitution. The military gave more to Ron Paul, a strict Constitutionalist, in 2012 than all other Republican candidates combined. The military is sick of being sent all over the world and having their rules of engagement being dictated by the political tide.
So you sir, quit being so quick to give away your children's freedoms for your own misguided sense of security.
Keep in mind while all of you argue where the line should be drawn on how many of our rights we are willing to give up, the determined terrorist can 3D print a weapon with no background check, serial # or trace. Or if that is too much work a pressure cooker from Walmart.
Owning any firearm is a right not a privilege. 2nd amendment, ever heard of it?
Should we be allowed to speak freely in public as well ?
The prohibition of "machine guns" dates from the 1930's, when gangsters were the only ones who had them and were terrorizing everyone including the police. An "assault weapon" is a machine gun. A AR-15 or other semi-automatic is not.
They should be for law enforcement or those that use them only on a range for those weapons, including for sport at facilities that include them on their sight.
Since it is illegal to own an ASSAULT Weapon, IE Fully Automatic weapons, no.
Now get me a well zero'ed AR-15 and I will be happy. the AR-15 falls out as legal, so it is a 2nd amendment right.
Ban taxes
No it should be a necessity to fight back against a tyrannical government.
You're and idiot a lying sack of crap. No such thing as an M15. Are you familiar with Stolen Valor? Jerk
Look folks, I can make ANY semi-auto rifle "look like" an Assault Weapon. That's the GD problem here.
What did Keeting say in 'The DaVinci Code', "The mind sees what it wants to see"?
Scotomisation is the psychological tendency in people to see what they want to see and not see what they don't want to see.
That, folks, is what we have here., a rampant plague of it, too.
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