Thread: Whats your opinion on automatic weapons?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

It is a semi auto. If you have a government stamp and maybe $30,000 dollars you can legally own one with a selector switch to go selective fire or full auto. I was thinking of the Palestinian a few years ago, in Israel. He didn't have a gun at all. Only a huge front end loader which he used to crush cars and run over pedestrians until the LEOs finally shot him dead.

Serial killer BTK (bind, torture, kill) caught after thirty years or so of being on the loose. He never used a firearm in any of his gruesome murders. Neither did Richard Speck or Theodore Bundy. When a crazy man wants to do bodily harm they will find a way. The killer of those poor folks in that theater should have been killed on the spot by the LEOs who caught him.

I totally agree, but with one minor exception, " Let one of the deceased victim's parents kill him. "

Cut thru the B.S folks,something needs to be done,Who needs High Cap mags? for what?who needs 6000 rnds of ammo? for what? Just because people feel it is there right to do so,Nobody hunts game animals with an AR 15 or an AK,why do they even exsist (read the book AK 47) even the man who invented the damn thing is appalled (Kalishnikov) at what is happening today with the AK.
Go to any local gunshow, you want full auto Aks, no prob, hang in the parking lot, are trunkloads of them,you want Uzis, you want conversions for AR15s
Bring cash,This stuff is all over the place,the rules need to change to apply to the currant demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today,and the numbers of them are growing by the day.
As a lifelong NRA member. I want all but hunting arms banned JMO

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cut thru the B.S folks,something needs to be done,Who needs High Cap mags? for what?who needs 6000 rnds of ammo? for what? Just because people feel it is there right to do so,Nobody hunts game animals with an AR 15 or an AK,why do they even exsist (read the book AK 47) even the man who invented the damn thing is appalled (Kalishnikov) at what is happening today with the AK.
Go to any local gunshow, you want full auto Aks, no prob, hang in the parking lot, are trunkloads of them,you want Uzis, you want conversions for AR15s
Bring cash,This stuff is all over the place,the rules need to change to apply to the currant demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today,and the numbers of them are growing by the day.
As a lifelong NRA member. I want all but hunting arms banned JMO

You would think that somebody who recently purchase 6000 rounds of ammo, and 4 guns, bullet proof vest etc, that this kind of behavior would ring a bell somewhere!

Fully automatic weapons have their place in the military and some sectors of the police force. They should not be in the hands of the general public. Semi-automatics are all anyone should need, be it hunting or protection.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cut thru the B.S folks,something needs to be done,Who needs High Cap mags? for what?who needs 6000 rnds of ammo? for what? Just because people feel it is there right to do so,Nobody hunts game animals with an AR 15 or an AK,why do they even exsist (read the book AK 47) even the man who invented the damn thing is appalled (Kalishnikov) at what is happening today with the AK.
Go to any local gunshow, you want full auto Aks, no prob, hang in the parking lot, are trunkloads of them,you want Uzis, you want conversions for AR15s
Bring cash,This stuff is all over the place,the rules need to change to apply to the currant demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today,and the numbers of them are growing by the day.
As a lifelong NRA member. I want all but hunting arms banned JMO

I frequently use semi automatic rifles for hunting game. My 10/22 for squirrels, groundhogs, and rabbits when I'm shooting at longer ranges than I'm comfortable using my silenced air rifle at.

I use my AR-15 for coyotes and groundhogs at ranges further than I trust a .22 for. I'm planning on picking up either a 6.8spc upper or a .300 Blackout upper for deer and hog hunting with it. We have a lot of coyotes and wild dogs around here so I like having plenty of ammo to take out some coyotes with if I happen to see any while I'm out for deer. And I often do see them in areas that I hunt. Last fall I saw 3 coyotes chasing a buck at midday. And all I had was my 30-30 with 3 rounds in it and 3 in my pocket. Only buck I saw last year, too. Ain't gonna happen this year.


Quite honestly there is no need for anything beyond a bow/crossbow for hunting and traps for small game. Anyone who says otherwise is just plain lazy.


Eta: I've been to a lot of gun shows and have bought and sold in the parking lot. I've never seen any full autos or the like in the parking lots. Plenty inside from the class III/NFA dealers.

Anyone that doesn't like automatics has never fired an M249, M240b, M2, or Mk19. More fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cut thru the B.S folks,something needs to be done,Who needs High Cap mags? for what?who needs 6000 rnds of ammo? for what? Just because people feel it is there right to do so,Nobody hunts game animals with an AR 15 or an AK,why do they even exsist (read the book AK 47) even the man who invented the damn thing is appalled (Kalishnikov) at what is happening today with the AK.
Go to any local gunshow, you want full auto Aks, no prob, hang in the parking lot, are trunkloads of them,you want Uzis, you want conversions for AR15s
Bring cash,This stuff is all over the place,the rules need to change to apply to the currant demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today,and the numbers of them are growing by the day.
As a lifelong NRA member. I want all but hunting arms banned JMO

Well, that's disturbing, pixelfixed. Do you have an article or something to back up how easy it is to modify these rifles that are originally designed as assault rifles (i.e. military purpose) and sell them to the unscrupulous lollygaggers outside the gun shows? No doubt they can be modified, they were all designed to be capable of fully automatic fire. That they also function very well as varmint and large game rifles is also beyond question.

I'd like to know if our current media sweetie-pie, Holmes, was using the converted, fully-automatic kind.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cut thru the B.S folks,something needs to be done,Who needs High Cap mags? for what?who needs 6000 rnds of ammo? for what? Just because people feel it is there right to do so,Nobody hunts game animals with an AR 15 or an AK,why do they even exsist (read the book AK 47) even the man who invented the damn thing is appalled (Kalishnikov) at what is happening today with the AK.
Go to any local gunshow, you want full auto Aks, no prob, hang in the parking lot, are trunkloads of them,you want Uzis, you want conversions for AR15s
Bring cash,This stuff is all over the place,the rules need to change to apply to the currant demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today,and the numbers of them are growing by the day.
As a lifelong NRA member. I want all but hunting arms banned JMO

I have this strange feeling you won't be swayed in your opinions, regardless of what anyone else has to say.

I think you are angry, as I am, about the incident. But,, to quote you, "demonic, mentally warped sociaty that is america today.." is not 100% true. I work hard to teach my son the values that you and I enjoyed years ago. I have hope for the future. I don't feel that the future rests on more gun or drug laws, for that matter. It has always and will always, start with the "Home". You heard the report about the subject's mother not being surprised, that it was her son.

Would it have made people feel any better if the subject had used two revolvers and a shotgun to kill those twelve people? No, it would not have. Possibly the wounded count would have been less, but 12 dead is twelve dead.

Originally Posted by Theseus

Fully automatic weapons have their place in the military and some sectors of the police force. They should not be in the hands of the general public. Semi-automatics are all anyone should need, be it hunting or protection.

Thank you !!

Originally Posted by Martin103

You would think that somebody who recently purchase 6000 rounds of ammo, and 4 guns, bullet proof vest etc, that this kind of behavior would ring a bell somewhere!

You would think, maybe you are on to something here.