have they nailed down a definition for "assault weapon" yet?
or are they just going with "black and scary" still?
like how they classify protests vs riotsThe lack of a solid definition and the ensuing ability for law enforcement to arbitrarily enforce the law depending on how they feel that day is a feature, not a bug. Though I will say that one of the very few things chuds tend to be correct about in the typical American discourse is that liberal politicians that implement gun control know absolutely nothing about guns, and pass laws that ban random aesthetics rather than anything relevant to gun violence.
Good point. Remember that only 20% of Dems are armed compared to 44% of Repubs. The people more culturally attracted to fascism and defending capitalism are armed, while liberals who have the possibility to be morally opposed to fascism are disarmed. This is also a feature, not a bug.
Considering buying a Mini-14 because the stupid laws my state made for the AR-15 don't apply to the Mini-14.
Obviously the AR is a big scary assault rifle because it's painted black and has a pistol grip. That nice, calming Mini-14 is much nicer, what with its wooden finish and its shooting exactly the same round as the AR.
Pretty much. Their idea of anything that is "semi-automatic" is just scary black assault rifles.
I still can't get over Beto O'Rourke sinking all his credibility in his home state by guffawing "Heck frickin yeah we'll take your AK's."
There's people on this site literally arguing that Biden could win Texas. His gun control platform alone is why he isn't going to win Texas or Georgia or Florida. It's a shame he's only talking about it now, cause he could've really sunk himself had he mentioned it sooner.
It's popular among the coastal pmc brunch crowd, and no one else, so he'll probably do it.
Yup, it's the only reason I see him making that declaration right before the election. Surely the center-right crowd they've been appealing to can't see this in a positive light.
He's FINALLY talking about his bat shit crazy gun control platform. The Dems have not been talking about it much but BOTH Biden and Harris have similar WTF gun control platforms that are most likely going to lead us closer to an all out civil war.
Biden's plan is to outright ban the manufacturing and import sales of semi-automatic weapons (scary black assault rifles). After that, he wants to impose a $200 tax fine for ownership of ANY weapon that has a capacity of over 10 rounds and this bill will target mostly gun owners who have handguns. If you don't pay your fine, then your weapons are to be confiscated and furthermore, lists of gun owners will be taken here.
Tell me how this isn't going to lead to civil unrest when he rolls this out. Dems are arrogant enough to push this, and I can already see GOP governors from southern states basically telling Biden 'OK, fuck you, come and take the guns'. This kind of stuff is going to make the rightwing absolutely holler and scream their heads off like they did about Obama and gun control.
So basically the bill is really about disarming the poor, meanwhile the rich not only get to keep guns for a measly $200 tax, but they get their own army (the police. Police main function is protect property, the rich own the property, therefore the police main function is to protect the rich).
Correct, and as I've been saying all along, Biden is going to wage naked class war on the poor. This is just one of many instances of it with the policies he's going to push and everything he's planning.
My greatest fear is that this senile old asshole and Harris will lay the groundwork for our future authoritarian dictator that is going to come after him, and this will be the beginning of it. Disarm the poor and then push some bills in bipartisanship with the GOP to target protesters and jail them indefinitely.
"assault rifles" have a well-understood definition: "a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine." These are already illegal (except in very rare cases) due to being automatic.
I haven't read Biden's plan, but judging from this thread, and from past legislation, the issue is "assault weapons" which is a made up term that no one can agree on.
That's his plan. It's going to incite some serious rage from right wingers. We haven't seen anything yet from the far right. The backlash to Biden is going to be fucking massive and intense, and will make the Tea Party and Trump look like a complete joke.
Biden will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts.
From his website. Sure to be a popular policy!
and cost $200 for each item. my pistol came with 2 15 round mags and would cost me another $400 dollars to keep them
the only people who dislike guns are white suburban liberals, so basically Biden's key demographic
no, it isnt. only inner city liberals worried about property values want to ban guns. most other people are ambivalent or fervently in favor of guns.
Hopefully availability comes back at least. I don't need an arsenal, just like a thousand rounds of 5.56 and 9mm.
I haven't looked into all of the reasons behind it but the local gun store guy said that the manufacturers and wholesalers he buys from would still be producing normally enough if they didn't get their primers and lead from China. That's the same supply line collapse that was responsible for half my gardening stuff arriving in August. I've seen a few bulk cases pop up in r/gundeals with increasing frequency but they're gone within minutes.
Socialism will sell us the bullet to shoot ourselves with :thinkin-lenin:
I mean you can find it online, I used ammoseek, but it'll cost ya. Or keep an eye out at your sporting goods retailers.
ahh yes so now instead of 20 dead we will have a measily 12 dead when someone decides to shoot up a school, thank you mr president. Incrementalism works folks!
yeah Beau of the Fifth Column has a good video demonstrating how stupid a ban on extended mags is. Not like you cant fucking make them with a 3d printer anyways.
i mean the time you spend reloading is time you're not spending shooting people
Extremely, among the sectors of their base already most likely to vote.
