Thread: Whats your opinion on automatic weapons?

Originally Posted by leadduck

Respectfully, the second amendment was written at a time when arms meant flintlock muskets and single shot pistols. Did our founding fathers foresee that the day would come when a single depression of the trigger could wipe out an entire crowd? Not even Mr. Franklin's inventive mind envisioned such a thing. If we interpret their intentions to include all arms by today's definition, why not allow the public to build nuclear arms?

Here we go again.

At the time that was written, a flintlock rifle was STATE OF THE ART and would shoot rings around a musket, which was the primary weapon of the armed forces.

Nowhere in that document does it say "the right of the people to bear FLINTLOCKS, rifles, muskets, swords, hammers, axes, and on and on.

Our founding fathers had the foresight to write that document to preclude what they had just gone through from hopefully ever happening again.

Sorry pard, I disagree with both you and fat Mikey Moore.

FYI, I both own and shoot a flint lock rifle. I also think a man would be fool to try to use one against the somebody armed with body armor and center fire weaponry unless he could do as our forebears did to the 'red coats". That being, hide and shoot for effect. I would have no problems with a head shot at 60-70 yds, but at three rounds a minute, making a stand, would be rather futile.

As far as the public building nuclear arms? Why limit it to that? Why aren't you concerned about ICBM's or biological weaponry if you really want to stretch to make your point?

Respectfully,
Willie

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Chinese teen kills eight in knife attack: reports - Yahoo! News

So do we have to ban knives now, too?

only if they're black assault lives

Originally Posted by Wullie

Here we go again.

At the time that was written, a flintlock rifle was STATE OF THE ART and would shoot rings around a musket, which was the primary weapon of the armed forces.

Nowhere in that document does it say "the right of the people to bear FLINTLOCKS, rifles, muskets, swords, hammers, axes, and on and on.

Our founding fathers had the foresight to write that document to preclude what they had just gone through from hopefully ever happening again.

Sorry pard, I disagree with both you and fat Mikey Moore.

FYI, I both own and shoot a flint lock rifle. I also think a man would be fool to try to use one against the somebody armed with body armor and center fire weaponry unless he could do as our forebears did to the 'red coats". That being, hide and shoot for effect. I would have no problems with a head shot at 60-70 yds, but at three rounds a minute, making a stand, would be rather futile.

As far as the public building nuclear arms? Why limit it to that? Why aren't you concerned about ICBM's or biological weaponry if you really want to stretch to make your point?

Respectfully,
Willie

Willie, my father told me something that might apply here. Sometimes an argument is like trying to teach a pig to fly.
It wastes your time, and annoys the pig.......................

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Willie, my father told me something that might apply here. Sometimes an argument is like trying to teach a pig to fly.
It wastes your time, and annoys the pig.......................

Yeah, but the expression on the pig's face is priceless !

Originally Posted by HamburgO

Yeah, but the expression on the pig's face is priceless !

LOL

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I can carry a gun in Texas but I can't carry a double edge knife.

The HELL you say!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

The HELL you say!

Not unless thay have changed the law recently. A double edge knife is called a "dirk". It's illegal to carry one in Texas.

I had a push knife and I was told not to wear it anymore. It is the same knife that was used in Platoon from Cold Steel.

You are lucky, that push knife is classed as a prohibited weapon here with a max prison sentence of 5 years for possession of it never carrying it. There are a couple of other types of knives classed that way to.

Bob

I bought it in Dallas at a gun show. Some laws are not strictly enforced.

You can't buy a switchblade in Ft. Worth. You can in Dallas. You can't carry one anywhere. In San Antonio it is illegal to carry any kind of knife that locks.

It seems odd that when it is OK for an individual to carry a firearm, he could be charged for carrying certain arguably less lethal knives under the same circumstances. Someone once told me that it was because the firearm is regarded as a legitimate tool for security under legal theory, but the prohibited knives are regarded as implements for criminal use. I object to the highly confusing mix of arbitrary and capricious legal requirements, especially across jurisdictions, and the potential for picking up serious personally damaging criminal charges while doing nothing harmful through ignorance or misinterpretation.