Quote:Any of you guys old enough to remember when there was an assault weapons ban?



Those must have been awful times

 

I'm old enough to remember it (obviously).  It was a stupid law then and is a stupid law now.  All it did was supposedly ban the sale of certain firearms to the 1% (or less) people that would use the weapon in a malicious way while disregarding the rights of the 99% (or more) of lawful gun owners.  The "definition" of an "assault weapon" was ridiculous then and is ridiculous now.  If a rifle has a pistol grip, a folding stock or a flash suppressor it's an "assault" weapon?  Really?

 

That's just the beginning list of the faults with that legislation.  The problem is, legislation is written by people that have no clue regarding firearms.

 

I'll let you in on a little secret... I personally own firearms that would have fallen under the guidelines of that legislation.  If our government wants to ban them they will have to take them from me, and I refuse to give them up freely.

 

As of matter of fact, I'm looking at buying another AR-15 for my grandson.  When he gets old enough to learn how to use it, he will probably enjoy it.

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