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From: Eeyore on 1 Aug 2006 01:28 Phat Bytestard wrote: > ......... you seem to think we are all allowed to own machine guns. I bet you'd like to ! Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 1 Aug 2006 01:43 Eeyore wrote: > > John Larkin wrote: > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:15:04 +0100, Eeyore > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Automatic assault weapons are certainly legal. > > > > > >Graham > > > > Possession of an automatic weapon (or a bazooka, or explosives, or a > > sawed-off shotgun) is a Federal felony here. > > It seems I had semi-autos in mind. It's a tricky distinction to someone not used to > them. Don't semi-atos simply have a single shot mode too ? Doesn't stop them being used > for automatic fire AIUI. > > Graham You have it backwards. Automatic fire requires a fully automatic weapon, but they can be fired in single shot or short bursts like the M16 and M60. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Michael A. Terrell on 1 Aug 2006 01:46 Eeyore wrote: > > > So why were IRA members so well received publicly in the USA ? Most of the US citizens didn't even know they were here. From the news reports after the fact, they were around big N.E. cities in areas with heavy Irish-American populations. It wouldn't have done them any good to go to the bible belt and ask for money for their cause. Only people who felt the need for the IRA would have kicked in any support, and they were not your typical US citizen. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Michael A. Terrell on 1 Aug 2006 01:48 Eeyore wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > > > > > you're just another brainless Eurosheep. :( > > > > > > I can think for myself. Something that seems beyond your capability. > > > > > > Graham > > > > No, I think that you're an effeminate Eurosheep. > > Your obsession with gender issues is again noted. > > Graham Not an obsession. Its just so rare that I see a male who refuses to act like a man. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Eeyore on 1 Aug 2006 01:59
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > > > > John Larkin wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:15:04 +0100, Eeyore > > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > >Automatic assault weapons are certainly legal. > > > > > > > >Graham > > > > > > Possession of an automatic weapon (or a bazooka, or explosives, or a > > > sawed-off shotgun) is a Federal felony here. > > > > It seems I had semi-autos in mind. It's a tricky distinction to someone not used to > > them. Don't semi-atos simply have a single shot mode too ? Doesn't stop them being used > > for automatic fire AIUI. > > > > Graham > > You have it backwards. Automatic fire requires a fully automatic > weapon, but they can be fired in single shot or short bursts like the > M16 and M60. Ok. Got it although there seems to have been some dispute over the terms. " There is some casual dispute over the correct use of the words automatic and semi-automatic. Gun enthusiasts sometimes argue that the word automatic is incorrectly linked to fully-automatic fire and that an automatic weapon is simply any weapon that chambers a new round during the extraction of the previous cartridge's casing. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-automatic Graham |