csbrown28
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Removing the firearm, if it were possible, only removes the potential efficiency with which a person can kill, it does nothing to address the desire to kill. However, removing the firearm will in most cases guarantee, that the defender will be limited in their ability to defend themselves (project force)
According to the ATF, a "firearm" is:What is a firearm?
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun), which will, or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive".
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As I understand it, some people want to keep machines that are TOO good at killing out of the hands of people who might kill the wrong people with them. Not all guns.
Nobody with any authority is saying though, "let's ban all guns." Lots of people support the Assault Weapon Ban, for instance, but would be right there with you if they tried to ban all guns. As American put it, "a firearm is a machine designed for killing." As I understand it, some people want to keep machines that are TOO good at killing out of the hands of people who might kill the wrong people with them. Not all guns.
If the goal is to reduce the killing then why are they going after guns used in less than 1% of killings?
Oh, but when I tell gun control advocates that very same thing they say "No, you're lying, guns are designed to kill". Wonder if they'll take the word of the ATF.According to the ATF, a "firearm" is:
Heymarket will just cry about how we're using big words so he and the left don't understand.Oh, but when I tell gun control advocates that very same thing they say "No, you're lying, guns are designed to kill". Wonder if they'll take the word of the ATF.
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