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Politicians on the campaign tour are indeed like that. BTW, a â50mm anti-tank bazookaâ fired in the home would be rather destructive of more than just the aimed-at target!
I really donât need the big, evil hardware. Iâll be happy if they just let me keep the rational equipment the 2nd Amendment allows me to have. Besides, I just donât think it would work out acceptably to hunt Bambi with a bazooka or a quad .50. Nor would it be possible to conceal something like that in a shoulder rig and not look conspicuous. On the other hand, a missile launcher with some Sidewinders on it, mounted in the bed of my pickup, would look cool and probably get me through rush hour traffic quicker.
Well, literally, the Second Amendment says âarmsâ, not assault rifles modified to full auto with cheap and idiot-proof kits purchased from sleazebags by the dozen out of car trunks in gun and knife show parking lots. So I guess if I want RPGs and Stingers, Scalia and Wayne LaPierre have me covered, right?
Wouldnât anything called a bazooka be an antique by now? Infantry carry shoulder launched rockets and grenades. The only bazookaâs they carry are in pink wrappers with cartoons on them. Though a 50 mm piece of gum would be pretty impressive.
Actually, boozoothatswho, an âassault rifleâ would already come with a fire select switch. Thatâs kinda why theyâre called assault rifles. If the subject rifle needed a fire select modification it would be because itâs a âsemi-automatic rifleâ and you have to squeeze off a single round each time you squeeze the trigger. Just because it looks like an M-16 doesnât mean it works like one or even has the same M-16 parts that would accept a select fire switch. Fully automatic weapons have been illegal in the U.S. since 1934 and not even Wayne LaPierre has an argument with that.
âAntiqueâ generally applies to something at least 100 years old.
First experimental bazooka was 1918.
First general issue Bazooka (M1) was in 1940, and was a 60 mm
No US shoulder fired rocket launcher has been smaller than 60 mm.
.50 caliber rifles were made illegal in California - a legislator was afraid a terrorist might use one to shoot up gas tanks at fuel depots (true) - now, the poor terrorist who planned to drive into California with a .50 cal. in his trunk to shoot up gas tanks is stymied. Heâll say âNuts! Iâll be breaking the law if I take this gun into California nowâ, and we all know that terrorists donât like to break the law. Once again, our brilliant representatives have passed a law that does absolutely nothing - whoops, my mistake - I mean, a law that thwarts the dread terrorist.
The Minutemen (the New England farmers, not the current crop) considered their muzzle-loaders to be the equivalent of what we call âassault weaponsâ; thatâs what the Redcoats carried.
Not everyone wants to have a 75mm pack Howitzer with a donkey-saddle, either, but there just might be times it would be handy if things got out of hand. Red Dawn, and all thatâŠ
i remember the scene in Red Dawn where the invading soldier pried the gun from the hand of the man heâd just killed right after the camera had panned over his NRA bumper sticker.
you can take my gun when you can pry it from my cold, dead hand.
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
I would settle for a quad .50.
Sisyphos over 15 years ago
Politicians on the campaign tour are indeed like that. BTW, a â50mm anti-tank bazookaâ fired in the home would be rather destructive of more than just the aimed-at target!
Rakkav over 15 years ago
No, and this isnât Belgium, either. :)
jrbj over 15 years ago
I really donât need the big, evil hardware. Iâll be happy if they just let me keep the rational equipment the 2nd Amendment allows me to have. Besides, I just donât think it would work out acceptably to hunt Bambi with a bazooka or a quad .50. Nor would it be possible to conceal something like that in a shoulder rig and not look conspicuous. On the other hand, a missile launcher with some Sidewinders on it, mounted in the bed of my pickup, would look cool and probably get me through rush hour traffic quicker.
boozoothatswho over 15 years ago
Well, literally, the Second Amendment says âarmsâ, not assault rifles modified to full auto with cheap and idiot-proof kits purchased from sleazebags by the dozen out of car trunks in gun and knife show parking lots. So I guess if I want RPGs and Stingers, Scalia and Wayne LaPierre have me covered, right?
Nebulous Premium Member over 15 years ago
I reserve the right to arm bears. And Iâm trying to get some anti-aircraft weapons for a wolfpack in Alaska.
kittenpah over 15 years ago
Wouldnât anything called a bazooka be an antique by now? Infantry carry shoulder launched rockets and grenades. The only bazookaâs they carry are in pink wrappers with cartoons on them. Though a 50 mm piece of gum would be pretty impressive.
jrbj over 15 years ago
Actually, boozoothatswho, an âassault rifleâ would already come with a fire select switch. Thatâs kinda why theyâre called assault rifles. If the subject rifle needed a fire select modification it would be because itâs a âsemi-automatic rifleâ and you have to squeeze off a single round each time you squeeze the trigger. Just because it looks like an M-16 doesnât mean it works like one or even has the same M-16 parts that would accept a select fire switch. Fully automatic weapons have been illegal in the U.S. since 1934 and not even Wayne LaPierre has an argument with that.
Miserichord over 15 years ago
âAntiqueâ generally applies to something at least 100 years old. First experimental bazooka was 1918. First general issue Bazooka (M1) was in 1940, and was a 60 mm No US shoulder fired rocket launcher has been smaller than 60 mm.
johnnypar91 over 15 years ago
Iâll take a .50 BMG! Itâs on my Christmas list.
Ushindi over 15 years ago
.50 caliber rifles were made illegal in California - a legislator was afraid a terrorist might use one to shoot up gas tanks at fuel depots (true) - now, the poor terrorist who planned to drive into California with a .50 cal. in his trunk to shoot up gas tanks is stymied. Heâll say âNuts! Iâll be breaking the law if I take this gun into California nowâ, and we all know that terrorists donât like to break the law. Once again, our brilliant representatives have passed a law that does absolutely nothing - whoops, my mistake - I mean, a law that thwarts the dread terrorist.
Sherlock Watson over 15 years ago
And remember, Opus, on Wednesday youâre a liberal and on Thursday youâre a Nazi; donât get those two mixed up, now.
Skyhawk_maintainer over 15 years ago
If recoilless rifles count as rocket launchers, there was the 57mm. It was a one man carry with some other poor slob carrying the ammo.
pbarnrob over 15 years ago
The Minutemen (the New England farmers, not the current crop) considered their muzzle-loaders to be the equivalent of what we call âassault weaponsâ; thatâs what the Redcoats carried.
Not everyone wants to have a 75mm pack Howitzer with a donkey-saddle, either, but there just might be times it would be handy if things got out of hand. Red Dawn, and all thatâŠ
yyyguy over 15 years ago
i remember the scene in Red Dawn where the invading soldier pried the gun from the hand of the man heâd just killed right after the camera had panned over his NRA bumper sticker.
you can take my gun when you can pry it from my cold, dead hand.