Should the 2nd amendment (Right to Bear Arms) be Abolished?

[Slam_Bradley]

Sue me.

This seems like an invitation to all kinds of chicanery.

[Slam_Bradley]

When my Grandpa got felt that hunting was getting too easy he switched to bow and arrow. That man was an awesome hunter.

After spending decades making fun of stick flingers there was no way he was going to do that. My Uncle Bruce did though when he got bored with hunting with a rifle.

[mikekerrIII]

(This is a cheap shot, without taking sides, but...)

If a lawyer can't define the word "need", can they be expected to define "right"?

A lawyer knows that the two are NOT synonyms.

[mikekerrIII]

To be fair the AR-15 is a piss-poor hunting rifle. And that's for big or small game.

On the other hand, I'm not likely to cast aspersions. My Dad got to the point he hunted deer with a .357 Magnum because he was bored with everything else.

It is too small for deer and to large for most small game outside of varmint hunting. that is why the idiots cling it a high powered weapon puzzle me

[mikekerrIII]

When it comes to gun specs, I'm naive, so excuse the laymans terms, but I'd have thought that for hunting anything that held more than six rounds, or that could fire about or more than a round a second would be excessive.

A bolt action rifle can fire better than a round a second

[mikekerrIII]

You're an assassin space cowboy. Regular people can't do that!


Oops. I accidentally fell in this thread again. Bad!

Anyone can do that, until it is empty a revolver fires as fast as a semi-automatic pistol

[mikekerrIII]

I have an old M1911 pistol that my great uncle (who served in Korea) gave to my dad, who gave to me...its beat up but it still works like it should and a Remington Model 5 bolt action rifle

I don't think that is terribly excessive

I have a 45, a shotgun (both about a hundred years old), a 22 target pistol (International rapid fire) and a match grade rifle. But some would consider that an arsenal even though they all serve different purposes.

[Jeff Brady]

A lawyer knows that the two are NOT synonyms.

Wow, that flew right over your head.

[Vibranium]

A bolt action rifle can fire better than a round a second

I think the fastest I ever managed on the Remington (and this is out of a 5 shot magazine) was all 5 in 12 seconds, but all 5 hit the target

[thehod]

A bolt action rifle can fire better than a round a second

Again, I'm only working off a limited knowledge here, but I would imagine that for your average gun owner, they would be able to fire more rounds from a semi automatic than from a bolt action rifle or single action revolver.

The point I'm trying to get to is to limit the amount of rounds an average spree killer would be able to throw around in a set period of time, and whilst some would be proficient enough to fire off a single action revolver or bolt action rifle faster than a semi, for most people this would put them at a disadvantage.

Is that a reasonable summary?

[HMPL]

Remember Pelosi saying about the healthcare act "We'll just have to pass it to see what's in it"? Maybe she should have read it first.....Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c.

[bipolar danger girl]

Anyone can do that, until it is empty a revolver fires as fast as a semi-automatic pistol

Are you trying to say that Dread isn't an assassin space cowboy with mad fucking revolver skills? If so, you have zero imagination, and you're a big downer, and you've obviously never played video games with him! You need to read more of those fun books you told me about.

[thehod]

Are you trying to say that Dread isn't an assassin space cowboy with mad fucking revolver skills? If so, you have zero imagination, and you're a big downer, and you've obviously never played video games with him! You need to read more of those fun books you told me about.

No no, we've already told you once, it's spelt Dredd. ;)

[mikekerrIII]

Again, I'm only working off a limited knowledge here, but I would imagine that for your average gun owner, they would be able to fire more rounds from a semi automatic than from a bolt action rifle or single action revolver.

The point I'm trying to get to is to limit the amount of rounds an average spree killer would be able to throw around in a set period of time, and whilst some would be proficient enough to fire off a single action revolver or bolt action rifle faster than a semi, for most people this would put them at a disadvantage.

Is that a reasonable summary?

Singer action revolvers are mostly replicas and antiques most revolvers sold and used in the US are double action so they fire as fast as you pull the trigger

I was not saying that a semi-can't fire faster, but that before you set standards you should have at least a tiny bit of a clue on what those standards mean.

[thehod]

Singer action revolvers are mostly replicas and antiques most revolvers sold and used in the US are double action so they fire as fast as you pull the trigger

I was not saying that a semi-can't fire faster, but that before you set standards you should have at least a tiny bit of a clue on what those standards mean.

I wasn't setting standards, I was throwing out a suggestion, I also expressed my own ignorance up front.

And I note that you didn't answer my question.