Military-styled firearms cater to a whole different mindset than traditional guns
Which firearms would those be?
Every style of guns, from 15th C. ones like these...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus
...onward has been used by militaries.
Did you think that we wouldn't notice that what "you folks" propose to ban would include
all guns?
You've seen the most recent coverage of the well-armed racist trump goons in D.C., just as the rest of us have.
I have. I've also noticed that the Band of Assholes you mention have been quite punctilious about *not* carrying
firearms. Racist, violent, and stabby, yes; carrying firearms, no.
They're vile, not stupid. You have denounced something that did not happen.
How about an update of that old reliable pro-gun argument: The Second Amendment is NOT about deer hunting, it's about allowing the civilian populace to be armed and protected against the actions a dangerously authoritarian government. You folks used to trot that one out regularly---before trump became the most dangerously authoritarian president this country has ever endured.
What leads you to believe "us folks", as you put it, were wrong? Or that we ever stopped?
A small reminder from 5 years ago:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172161797#post13
(Y)our popguns would be worth jack shit against a drone air force." Please remind us:
On what date is Victory in Afghanistan Day celebrated?
friendly_iconoclast
15. Also: How large is ISIL's air fleet?
The Taliban is still there- it's the US military that's leaving
The disinterested reader will note the date:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214638983
Afghan pilot who saved Americans hiding from Taliban after US denies plea for refuge
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (58,050 posts)
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 09:07 PM
A decorated Afghan Air Force pilot who had saved American lives is now in hiding in Afghanistan from the Taliban after the US military suddenly changed course and denied his emergency request to seek refuge in America late last month...
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