from wikipedia:
Assault weapon refers to different types of firearms, and is a term that has differing meanings and usages.
it's ambiguous, so no law can be made about it as an ambiguous law is pointless.
from wikipedia:
Assault weapon refers to different types of firearms, and is a term that has differing meanings and usages.
it's ambiguous, so no law can be made about it as an ambiguous law is pointless.
Through the darkness of futures past,
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds:
Fire, walk with me.
What's better is how the word was created. It was created to SOUND like Assault Rifle during a time when assault rifles were already banned. This got people all flustered and now the media uses the two terms ALMOST interchangeably. Pisses me off when Piers Morgan talks about how fast these guns can shoot, etc. Any time I hear someone talk about "assault weapons" I automatically assume they're an idiot.
Given that the gun is to protect me from the gov I do not think they shoot fast enough...
I want the old days where I could own a ship loaded up with some cannons...
Think for a moment that back when the founders wrote this yes all they had were muskets but individuals that had the money owned armed ships capable of destroying an entire city! If anything I feel like individually we have given up a lot of heavy firepower that we previously did have in the past. I do not think anyone today is allowed a weapon that can take out a city but back then such things could be found on privately owned ships.
Obviously today we do not want people running around with the ability to blow up a city and I do not think anyone is trying to allow for that but it is something to think about as to what sort of firepower the founders were allowing and were already present in their day.
Maritime law still allows for some crazy shit in the States. That is why the "Freemen" and stateside Moors will claim they do not recognize the jurisdiction of most courts and LEOs because of the gold-trimmed flags flown in many courts.
Anyways, on the topic of owning ships outfitted with cannons, how comfortable is everyone with rearming local militias?