Texas Shootings

GeminiPool said:
No you didn't. Commercial sale of automatic weapons has been federally banned since 1986.

New Hampshire has just about the laxest gun laws in the US, yet hasn't had a mass shooting since 1984 and has one of the lowest murder rates in the US.

Its almost like there might be other factors involved in crime than access to legal firearms...

300 rounds is a reasonable afternoon at the range. Not sure why you think that is in any way sensational. My FAC allows me to buy 1,000 rounds of .22LR here in the UK. It is about 20% cheaper to buy 1 box of 1,000 rather than 10 boxes of 100.
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I live in New Hampshire and gun ownership is viewed in the same was as owning a car. You have to have a background check to get a license to buy a gun (legally). Therefore in NH gun ownership is not quite as easy as made out. One colleague (ex-Marine) has been waiting for almost 6 months for his background check to be complete. There was a surge in gun ownership in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests which possibly gives another insight into the American psyche.

Hunting is a way of life and I was just talking to one work colleague and the absurdity is that there is a shortage of ammunition for hunting rifles mainly because of Covid and supply issues. Gun manufacturers have trended to supplying ammunition and firearms for personal protection and satisfy market demand for (automatic) pistols and rifles. This is where the money is and this is why the NRA is determined to maintain an influence over any gun control laws being introduced. Unfortunately there is also the schism in America between the extreme Republicans and Democrats which has prevented any meaningful dialogue.
 
GeminiPool said:
No you didn't. Commercial sale of automatic weapons has been federally banned since 1986.

New Hampshire has just about the laxest gun laws in the US, yet hasn't had a mass shooting since 1984 and has one of the lowest murder rates in the US.

Its almost like there might be other factors involved in crime than access to legal firearms...

300 rounds is a reasonable afternoon at the range. Not sure why you think that is in any way sensational. My FAC allows me to buy 1,000 rounds of .22LR here in the UK. It is about 20% cheaper to buy 1 box of 1,000 rather than 10 boxes of 100.
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Whatever the rifle was, was unnecessary.

Okay, more guns then, thick as fuck aren't you?
 
GeminiPool said:
No you didn't. Commercial sale of automatic weapons has been federally banned since 1986.

New Hampshire has just about the laxest gun laws in the US, yet hasn't had a mass shooting since 1984 and has one of the lowest murder rates in the US.

Its almost like there might be other factors involved in crime than access to legal firearms...

300 rounds is a reasonable afternoon at the range. Not sure why you think that is in any way sensational. My FAC allows me to buy 1,000 rounds of .22LR here in the UK. It is about 20% cheaper to buy 1 box of 1,000 rather than 10 boxes of 100.
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And yes, perhaps not automatic, semi automatic at the very least. 300 rounds for any weapon is just unnecessary. Zero need for a gun anyway. But you seem a bit too thick to understand that.
 
SeasideKurt said:
And yes, perhaps not automatic, semi automatic at the very least. 300 rounds for any weapon is just unnecessary. Zero need for a gun anyway. But you seem a bit too thick to understand that.
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It is a very important distinction.

I own a rifle. I use it for pest control on a farm, and have shot in national competitions. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to own a firearm.
 
GeminiPool said:
No you didn't. Commercial sale of automatic weapons has been federally banned since 1986.
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Full auto was banned in 1986, although existing weapons can still legally be sold, semi-auto remains legal to this day.

It's perfectly reasonable to describe an AR-15 as "automatic" even if it doesn't have a select fire capability.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Whatever the rifle was, was unnecessary.

Okay, more guns then, thick as fuck aren't you?
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Since I'm so thick, why don't you tell me why you think that New Hampshire has lots of guns, lax gun laws, and low murder rates in comparison to say, Detroit, where gun laws are much tighter and the murder rate is astronomical.
 
Lost Seasider said:
Full auto was banned in 1986, although existing weapons can still legally be sold, semi-auto remains legal to this day.

It's perfectly reasonable to describe an AR-15 as "automatic" even if it doesn't have a select fire capability.
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It's perfectly reasonable to describe me as 6'6", even if I don't physically have enough height to be 6'6".
 
GeminiPool said:
It's perfectly reasonable to describe me as 6'6", even if I don't physically have enough height to be 6'6".
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Height is a matter of fact, whether select-fire is necessary for a weapon to be described as automatic is a matter of opinion, my opinion is that the term automatic covers both full-auto and semi-auto, your opinion may differ, but you stated as fact that the poster was wrong and he was not.
 
Lost Seasider said:
Height is a matter of fact, whether select-fire is necessary for a weapon to be described as automatic is a matter of opinion, my opinion is that the term automatic covers both full-auto and semi-auto, your opinion may differ, but you stated as fact that the poster was wrong and he was not.
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You are being pedantic. The poster clearly meant to infer fully automatic in an attempt to play up the 'lol dumb Americans with scary guns' angle.

Automatic isn't common parlance for semi-auto operation, whereas it is for fully automatic.
 
GeminiPool said:
You are being pedantic. The poster clearly meant to infer fully automatic in an attempt to play up the 'lol dumb Americans with scary guns' angle.

Automatic isn't common parlance for semi-auto operation, whereas it is for fully automatic.
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That's not how I read his post, and you're the one who started the pedantry.

I am sure you understood exactly what the OP was saying, but you decided to say he was completely wrong rather than offer a limited correction to the effect that full-auto has been banned since 1986.
 
The info coming out from this one is a complete shitshow.

Local cops literally went into the school, rescued their OWN kids, and then set up a cordon outside. Armed parents were ready and pleading to be allowed to go in themselves, but were detained by the police whilst he was left alone inside for an hour until a border patrol agent went in alone and killed him.
 
What I'm finding an interesting point to note with events over the last few years in the US, is how quickly the law enforcement agencies are managing to squander their support from the 'right'.

Between uneven policing of political activists and high profile fuckups like this, they are quickly heading towards a situation where they are despised equally by both sides of the political spectrum.

That isn't a good place for any society to end up.
 
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