The Brady act
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Topic: The Brady act
Posted By: JoeG254-PB
Subject: The Brady act
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 8:40pm
| The brady act which bans 16 semi automatic assault weapons expires on the 13th. Just letting you all know. |
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 8:44pm
| yeah it was mentioned in the pellet rifle thread...doesnt affect me though im only 14 i dont plan on buying guns for about four more years |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 8:47pm
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Yep, I've heard about this..It doesn't ban all assault weapons..just ones produced before 1984, or something...Pretty pointless... -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: The American
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 8:56pm
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Why would anyone need a semi automatic assualt weapon? I mean seriously, no one has any need for them. I'm not one of those anti-gun people, but those kinds of guns arn't really necessary are they? ------------- 
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 8:57pm
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because people like to shoot guns |
Posted By: HondaXR
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 9:00pm
Your crazy....I love to shoot mine. Ill buy like 1000 7.62s and Ill got an shoot my SKS and MAK all day long. Its fun you should try it. ------------- SL68II Pro/Am 68 Carbine |
The American wrote:Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 9:01pm
| yeah i also love shooting....how old do you have to be to own a gun? |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 9:13pm
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I think ya gotta be 18 to have 1 registerd in your name but if our dad has 1 it can be yours sorta lol like my dad gave me a .22 its mine but legaly its his i love shootin guns to cant wait till im old enough to by my own ------------- 
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Posted By: Newbish
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 11:25pm
| The brady act isn't expiring the Assault Weapons Ban is. It banned guns by cosmetic features not funtion. It also made production of high capacity magazine for civilian use illegal. It was inacted in 1994. Go to http://www.awbansunset.com - http://www.awbansunset.com for more info. |
Posted By: PaintballWizard
Date Posted: 11 September 2004 at 11:50pm
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ok...
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 12:10am
Too bad that means nothing in California.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Death~By~Paint
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 1:11am
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the Brady bill is up in califorinia too... do your homework.^^^^ ------------- 
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Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 1:21am
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The assault weapons ban was pointless anyway. The anti gun crowd is predicting blood in the streets, but all 16 of the guns banned can be bought now with high capacity mags as long as they don't have more than two out the the three following features; bayonet lug (how many times have you heard of someone being bayonetted with an assault rifle?), pistol grip, or a flash supressor. Collapsible stocks are also disallowed. Even with none of the above evil features, the guns shoot just as fast, just as far, and just as hard as those that do have them. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 4:44am
Yeah but everything fun is still banned in california, so it doesnt mean a thing. ------------- 
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Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 6:16am
| They only banned assault weapons(they have to be select-fire to be considered assault rifles BTW) because they "look scary". |
Posted By: CarbineKid
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 6:22am
| I'm having a party on Monday. The so called AWB is/was a joke. My AR-15 which is considered post ban fires the same way/bullet/rof as a pre ban AR. The "ban" was PC politics at best and thank God its gone. |
Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 6:24am
| It had nothing to do with public safety, it was all about getting the soccer mom vote. |
Posted By: Homer J
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 6:26am
18 for rifles or shotguns, 21 for handguns. It might be different in your state though. |
Posted By: JoeG254-PB
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 12:14pm
| I didn't say all assault weapons but I think it's good we can have larger magazines, flash suppressors, and foldable stocks. The Brady act was really just a feel good law that had no point. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 12:38pm
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 12:58pm
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But this is America, TKD - "NEED" isn't the correct standard. "WHY" isn't the correct question. The correct question is "WHY NOT?" And the answer, in the case of the Silly Ban of 1996, is that weapons were banned by the AWB based on cosmetics only. With the exception of the large-capacity magazine, all the other criteria in the AWB were cosmetic. IOW, the AWB prohibited certain weapons because they looked scary. That ain't the American way. Does anybody "need" an authentic-looking semi-automatic Kalashnikov? Of course not. But I don't "need" the three different tips for my Freak either. The AWB did nothing useful, and was an embarassment to the entire country. Good riddance.
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Posted By: Slothbutt
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 7:09pm
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I like how the AWB is going to do the exact oppsite of what it was supposed to.. Sept. 14 thousands of so called Assult weapons will be sold because gun lovers are afraid they will be banned again.
Too bad I live in CA..or I'd be on my way to the gun shop to get a few too. I think I might have to move just so I can buy a AR-15. ------------- http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/2688/3guns27ef.jpg - My Paintball Guns http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2711/arand9mmak9.jpg - New "Toys" |
Posted By: Fallout_soldier
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 7:54pm
yeah and you can always buy the pieces later and go stab your neighbors dog ------------- 
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Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 12 September 2004 at 8:13pm
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tomorrow im making a trip to my local gun shop just to look. i would buy if i had money, but im broke so ill ask for christmas. if can convince my dad im not too old this year.
im interestd into a vietnam era AR-15. or a military version thompson. stuck between the two. ill let yous know tomorrow. ------------- 
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Posted By: CarbineKid
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 3:48pm
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http://www.unifac.com/altorfer/bayonet.wmv - http://www.unifac.com/altorfer/bayonet.wmv LOL this sums it up!!!! |
Posted By: WUNgUN
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 3:50pm
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Posted By: CarbineKid
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 3:51pm
Fixed 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 4:09pm
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I just hope that I can buy a 30 round clip for my .22 now. ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Greg Smith
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 4:20pm
Simpy because something is fun does not make it a good idea. I am sure that blowing up junk cars with TNT is fun, but it is quite stupid to think that everyone above the age of 18 should be allowed to do it even with a permit. It is a lot easier to understand if you can grip one simple priciple: People are infinitely stupid. ------------- Didn't I say, "No Guns for the Monkey?" 
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Posted By: Multi-Colored J
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 4:24pm
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Greg Smith, your sig should be 'Didn't I say "No assault weapons for the Monkey?" ------------- X |
Posted By: TippmannA5User
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 4:47pm
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I would also say that anyone pointing a .454 magnum at your head would look scary, but those are still legal. ------------- Just shoot yourself and save me the trouble. click the pic! http://mypaintballpics.mypicgallery.com/mpg/Route.asp"> 
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Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 5:16pm
http://butlercreek.com/press_r.asp?lineid=61322 - Here's a good link for you. Hopefully they'll also start making the 50 round clips again too. I still have some, but I kept most of them packed away because I didn't want to wear them out if they were going to be banned forever :) ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 5:32pm
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Posted By: Exit-Wound
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 6:49pm
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Don't know if anyone said this yet... but the ban was only preventing companies from importing certain semi-automatic assault weapons. Those particular weapons were still available to anybody who wanted them. I have an SKS with the metal fittings for attaching a grenade launcher, and my Uncle's AK47 has a flash suppressor, pistol grip, 30 round banana clip, and folding stock. He owned this legally, before the ban ended. I'm positive he owned it legally because his house was searched by the cops one time, and they examined his gun collection. He had to explain a sawed off shotgun, that was just 1 inch away from being illegal to own. ------------- I don't go out with girls anymore I live a life of danger I stay at home and play with myself WEEE! I'm a Ranger! |
Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 7:08pm
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^^^^^ Hey, I think I saw that on "Cops"!!
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Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 7:16pm
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went to the gun shop the other day, they said they had nothing new and didnt plan on it. like ^ said, the law only prevents inportation. it doesnt make certaing guns illegle.
anyway, they had a 1978 AR-15 for $980, and a repro military style Thompson for $650. im definatly thinking about the Thompson, and a drum magazine. they were also selling 50rd 10/22 mags for $80 though. -------------
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Posted By: Exit-Wound
Date Posted: 16 September 2004 at 10:25pm
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I would love to own a Thompson. My Uncle just sent me a Yugoslavian 98k Mauser 8mm with a bayonet. It's your basic kraut rifle. Even got the ammunition with stripper clips and bandoliers that was produced during WW1. I get to inheret all 50-some of my Uncles guns.
QUOTE: ^^^^^ Hey, I think I saw that on "Cops"!! QUOTE Good thing they didn't find his pot stash, I don't think a measuring ruler would be able to explain that. ------------- I don't go out with girls anymore I live a life of danger I stay at home and play with myself WEEE! I'm a Ranger! |
Posted By: travis75
Date Posted: 17 September 2004 at 6:16am
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Posted By: Dazed
Date Posted: 17 September 2004 at 12:12pm
Why do you need a Katana? Or Martial Arts classes? or Pepsi? You need none of them, yet all could have a case made against them of being harmful to people, even lethal. You don't ban things because you don't like them, or don't have a good reason to have them. You ban things because you have a sound, logical, major reason NOT to have them. |