Kaboom to Conservative@lemm.ee · 1 month agoHarris, Walz Push AR-15 Ban in First Joint Campaign Appearancewww.breitbart.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up116
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minus-squareKaboomOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoEven if that was true, so fucking what? I deny your fundamental assumptions here, that something should be banned because it can be used to cause a lot of damage. Murder is illegal, it shouldn’t matter the tool used.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoThe line is drawn somewhere. Civilians can’t purchase automatic weapons or say, hand grenades. Do you think we should be able to?
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThey can actually. US Law allows the purchase of both. Both require a background check and a tax stamp.
minus-squarecasey is remote@noauthority.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago@wintermute_oregon @zeppo The common line of argumentation I hear from the left on this is actually regarding tanks and RPGs. I get what he’s trying to ask here.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYou can buy both in America. It all depends on how much paperwork you want to fill out. Sometimes you have to make a great commitment to start a business to do it. It is actually shocking what you can buy if you had the interest, time and money to do it.
minus-squarecasey is remote@noauthority.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago@wintermute_oregon Oh. I thought for sure it was illegal to have a weaponized tank or an #RPG.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIt is difficult but not impossible. There was a place in Vegas that let you drive and shoot a tank. Just do a google, you will be shocked at what you can buy.
minus-squareKaboomOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes we can actually. You just have to jump through a few hoops.
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Even if that was true, so fucking what?
I deny your fundamental assumptions here, that something should be banned because it can be used to cause a lot of damage.
Murder is illegal, it shouldn’t matter the tool used.
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The line is drawn somewhere. Civilians can’t purchase automatic weapons or say, hand grenades. Do you think we should be able to?
They can actually. US Law allows the purchase of both.
Both require a background check and a tax stamp.
@wintermute_oregon @zeppo The common line of argumentation I hear from the left on this is actually regarding tanks and RPGs. I get what he’s trying to ask here.
You can buy both in America. It all depends on how much paperwork you want to fill out.
Sometimes you have to make a great commitment to start a business to do it.
It is actually shocking what you can buy if you had the interest, time and money to do it.
@wintermute_oregon Oh. I thought for sure it was illegal to have a weaponized tank or an #RPG.
It is difficult but not impossible. There was a place in Vegas that let you drive and shoot a tank.
Just do a google, you will be shocked at what you can buy.
Yes we can actually. You just have to jump through a few hoops.