>All valid points. While I do
>support magazine size restrictions, I
>definitely don't fall on the
>"ban the AR" bandwagon. Although
>to many an AR with
>a 10 round magazine is
>probably as bad as a
>ban. I understand why people
>who don't understand guns at
>all feel like an AR
>ban would help, but I
>recognize that there are a
>ton of different rifles out
>there, many of which don't
>fit the evil black rifle
>stereotype, that are functionally identical.
>I recognize than many people
>really enjoy shooting the AR
>and similar (and I probably
>should refrain from lumping it
>all into "rambo #####"), but
>I think keeping them legal
>with smaller magazines is a
>reasonable compromise (AHH dirty word!).
>
>
>I'm a big fan of the
>military hardware, myself. Probably among
>my favorite guns I own
>is the sporterized 03A3 that
>I started hunting with, and
>that I carried for decades.
>Still a great shooter, I've
>just realized that I don't
>have to carry so much
>weight!
>
>One area in gun control that
>I can see coming, that
>I believe is more of
>a threat to sporting arms,
>is the advance in long
>range technology. Sure, in the
>right hands, really long range
>shots have been made with
>the .308 and others for
>years. But sooner or later,
>people with bad intentions are
>going to realize how deadly
>they can be from great
>distance with out of the
>box gear, and less work.
>Some game departments are already
>starting to ponder some of
>this stuff from a fair
>chase standpoint. Sooner or later
>we are going to have
>someone start killing people from
>a mile away, and they
>are going to be tough
>to catch- so the weapon
>will become the target- and
>that is much more direct
>line to my hunting rifle-
>though I don't care to
>shoot long range and the
>fanciest scope I own is
>a fixed 6 power.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>You handle an argument really well.
>> I wish I could
>>talk to others about this
>>and not have it turn
>>me into a Trump supporter.
>>
>>
>>What's important to me is to
>>keep our guns from being
>>banned. Regulation is one
>>thing, but banning is another.
>> We are maybe the
>>last country that allows its
>>citizens the freedom to own
>>these types of guns or
>>to hate on them if
>>that's what they feel.
>>That is a freedom I
>>never take for granted.
>>
>>As far as the Rambo stuff,
>>I own a few, but
>>they're not my favorite of
>>all time. There are
>>uses for them that people
>>don't think about like the
>>3 gun, service rifle, and
>>other matches that require them.
>> Who am I to
>>say those competitions are wrong
>>or no longer in style.
>> I sometimes hear people
>>argue against Military style weapons.
>> Think about all of
>>our guns or calibers.
>>Most have military roots and
>>even our popular Bolt action
>>rifles are traced back to
>>military beginnings. Our service
>>men always wanted to have
>>what they used in combat
>>so this idea of owning
>>military weapons being a recent
>>idea is bogus. We
>>always had a taste for
>>a 308, 30-06, 223 etc.
>> I know a lot
>>of people that own the
>>Garand, M14, 03 Springfield, Mausers,
>>etc. All were considered
>>military before.
Mind your own business, your a slippery little sh#t .