Sorry - we were discussing banning ALL AR's for civilian use.
"My understanding was that the AR's in civilian hands (which are I guess a bit different from arny-issued AR's?)...require multiple pulls of the trigger...one for each shot?"
Yes, an AR can be either automatic or sem-automatic. An automatic weapon fires multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger; a semi-automatic requires a pull of the trigger for each round. Many civilians own automatic weapons and can take down multiple people with one pull of the trigger.
The basic discussion here, is banning automatic AR's.
What I was reading NG, is it is about how much one can shoot at a time. I think the ban would be for tihngs that shot over 10 bullets in rapid fire. ??
Not an expert.
Sadly, this thread made me have a nightmare about zombies last night.
We are all still fine and still own guns after that no?!..So if we can ban auto's of all kind we cam ban semi autos of all kind IMO from civilians... .
I may be wrong, I am DEFINITELY not all that great with knowledge of guns...but if we are talking a ban on all semi-auto guns, wouldn't that encompass a LOT of guns? Brice explained it well, and my hubby was trying to explain the differences to me as well.
An AR is semi-auto or auto? I THOUGHT that machine guns were still illegal, and by machine guns, I mean a gun that doesn't require multiple trigger pulls...it fires multiple rounds with one squeeze of the trigger. My understanding was that the AR's in civilian hands (which are I guess a bit different from arny-issued AR's?)...require multiple pulls of the trigger...one for each shot?
I didn't think we were discussing semi-automatic weapons? I'm genuinely confused.
"This includes defense, which falls under the 2nd amendment. The same reason most people own Hand Guns. Taking them out of the hands of Law Abiding Citizens puts us at a disadvantage"
As a gun owner and a citizen that is 100% for the 2nd amendment, I hear ya. However, handguns are NOT being taking away. The only guns they are speaking of are semi auto's...Now I do own 1 semi-auto sig sauer .45 pistol...If the new law says NO Civilian should have ANY auto or semi auto guns and clips that carry more than 10 bullets, I'm fine with it. I still have my 12 gauge, my lever action, bolt action rifle, and my revolver (which is not semi-auto) to keep me safe from "what if"....I believe the less semi-auto weapons are available, the less we have to deal with horrible tragedy's like Newtown...When machine gun Kelly caused hell in the 1930's the government banned automatic weapons. We are all still fine and still own guns after that no?!..So if we can ban auto's of all kind we cam ban semi autos of all kind IMO from civilians...
Isn't it possible the founding fathers were talking muskets from that period of time. I doubt back then they could envision the carnage of an AR-15. In fact I would guess that most people that own these weapons are not aware of the ungodly amount of damage they do. Any one that has served in our wars and has witnessed it up close and personal can tell ya, its not something they want in their everyday civilian life. Just my opinion