Because our country generally conflates “individual rights” with “subsidizing and enabling an industry that facilitates mass murder,” we have become accustomed in the last 30 years to an increasingly brazen level of putrid ideas coming from the cheery band of psychopaths in the NRA. One example can be seen in the sanctification of the the AR-15 into the holy trinity of Real America (next to the 1 mile-per-gallon SUV and
Right up there with mansplaining to Sen. Feinstein that she has no possible rational basis for concluding that the state has a compelling interest in regulating gun sales.
Post-1986 fully autos are more than merely highly regulated. St. Ronnie signed the ban now coded as 18 USC 922 section (o):
<blockquote>(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be <strong>unlawful for any person to</strong> transfer or <strong>possess a machinegun</strong>. (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to&mdash; (A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or (B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.</blockquote>
Emphasis mine. It&#039;s done wonders for the resale value of pre-1986 autos, I&#039;m told.
&#039;Suppressors&#039; are available after a short background check, a $200 tax to the BATFE, and the $500-$900 cost of the thing. Living in the country I often hear neighbors shooting at targets or coyotes and I sometime join them. SIlencers would make things a little more bucolic. The NRA is basically a PR firm for the gun industry and the prices for firearms and accessories have nearly doubled in price in less than a decade. Merchants of Death are the one recession proof industry. And related fields such as funeral services.
BTW, how the fuck is reducing muzzle velocity supposed to assist with self-defense? Does Wayne LaPierre actually believe that a &quot;silenced&quot; weapon is silent?
EDIT: Also too, hunters already have access to silent weapons. They&#039;re called bows.
Don&#039;t you get it? Telling women what they can do with their bodies = God&#039;s work. Telling men what they can put in their bodies = Satan&#039;s work (unless it&#039;s penis, in which case God&#039;s work again).
At the Federal level, they&#039;re not banned, they&#039;re NFA regulated. That means a $200 transfer tax (hasn&#039;t gone up since 1934), purchasers must gain ATF and CLEO approval first, owners must register with the ATF and sellers must be Class 3 licensed.
State law may differ.
Same deal for fully-autos manufactured before 1986. Feel safer now?
Right up there with mansplaining to Sen. Feinstein that she has no possible rational basis for concluding that the state has a compelling interest in regulating gun sales.
You know, I got my kids potato guns, and they thought they were pretty cool. Never thought to get &#039;em potato silencers.
I want a silencer for my .38 revolver. Wait, what?
What I'd like to know is how often the more than 571,000 silencers currently in the U.S. are used in any type of crime?
Post-1986 fully autos are more than merely highly regulated. St. Ronnie signed the ban now coded as 18 USC 922 section (o):
<blockquote>(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be <strong>unlawful for any person to</strong> transfer or <strong>possess a machinegun</strong>. (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to&mdash; (A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or (B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.</blockquote>
Emphasis mine. It&#039;s done wonders for the resale value of pre-1986 autos, I&#039;m told.
Allows the school shooters to blast away in the library, not just the classrooms.
To hear Florida talk, it&#039;s the putting bullets into men&#039;s bodies that&#039;s God&#039;s work.
Although it&#039;s <em>not</em> legal to <em>sell</em> (or mail, import or export) crack pipes: <a href="www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/21\/863" target="_blank">21 USC 863</a> bans that.
Austin, as is often the case, is ahead of the nation: <a href="http:\/\/www.silencershop.com\/" target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.silencershop.com/">http://www.silencershop.com....
&#039;Suppressors&#039; are available after a short background check, a $200 tax to the BATFE, and the $500-$900 cost of the thing. Living in the country I often hear neighbors shooting at targets or coyotes and I sometime join them. SIlencers would make things a little more bucolic. The NRA is basically a PR firm for the gun industry and the prices for firearms and accessories have nearly doubled in price in less than a decade. Merchants of Death are the one recession proof industry. And related fields such as funeral services.
It&#039;s the screaming I hate the most.
I demand the right to carry a LAM for next time some asshole cuts me off, because FREEDUMB!
BTW, how the fuck is reducing muzzle velocity supposed to assist with self-defense? Does Wayne LaPierre actually believe that a &quot;silenced&quot; weapon is silent?
EDIT: Also too, hunters already have access to silent weapons. They&#039;re called bows.
Pretty sure what they want to silence is the majority of Americans who are speaking up about a 9/11 of death from guns every month.
Always an education, this Wonkette.
Don&#039;t you get it? Telling women what they can do with their bodies = God&#039;s work. Telling men what they can put in their bodies = Satan&#039;s work (unless it&#039;s penis, in which case God&#039;s work again).
At the Federal level, they&#039;re not banned, they&#039;re NFA regulated. That means a $200 transfer tax (hasn&#039;t gone up since 1934), purchasers must gain ATF and CLEO approval first, owners must register with the ATF and sellers must be Class 3 licensed.
State law may differ.
Same deal for fully-autos manufactured before 1986. Feel safer now?