Reply #32: Look past the stigma [View All]

[VoR2012]

Quote: but there's deadly, and then there's deadly...

... And I'm pretty sure I just pointed out with reliable evidence which is more deadly. A poor comparison it is not.

Quote: I'm sure school-yard killers and tower snipers get an endorphin rush from their guns. That's what scares me.

They probably do, and a lot of normal people who shoot guns get an endorphin rush from it too. It scares you because you don't uderstand it, just like homosexuals and gay marriage scare a lot of right wing christians. I'm all for gay marriage... as well as gun rights.

Quote: high-velocity rounds, lightning-fast rate of fire, easy re-loading capability, and large-capacity magazines

Wrong, wrong, wrong, right.

1) Assault style weapons often actually have a lower velocity than sporting arms because they frequently have the shortest barrel that current laws allow, meaning the forces from the expanding gasses have less time to act on the round, thereby decreasing velocity. Don't argue with me, I'm a physics nut. 2) Semiautomatic weapons fire no faster than any other semiautomatic firearm (one trigger pull results in one shot, not a stream), if you can move your finger at 600rpm (a low rate for a typical FULLY automatic firearm) you may have an argument. 3) "Assault rifles" and "assault pistols" reload the same way any weapon with a box magazine does, an "assault shotgun" reloads the same way any other shotgun does. 4) Yes, part of the '94 ban that coined the term "assault weapon" included limitations on magazine capacity. Check your facts please.