Re: GT40s.com Paddock Politics Thread
Take away the assault rifle....they will use a shot gun (way more deadly) anyone that served in the military would know that. And there is always the pipe bombs, so lets take away pipes.. How about a knife, one of my favorites because it is up close and personal.. Have you ever looked the enemy in the eyes as he is dieing ? So when the bad guy breaks into my house he will have a very bad day...probably his last. Guns aren't bad people are bad .... Period
100% correct. Yes, AR-15s have high capacity magazines, but a shotgun in an urban or enclosed environment (CQC) is far more devastating.
Regarding mass shootings:
The Vegas shooter could've killed far more people than he did. Tactics... It was pretty much spray and pray, from his point of view. Ive been in damn near the same type of "tactical" situation as him with a GAU18... A couple hundred feet off the ground flying at 110 knots, and a few hundred yards out. Even though the .50 fires a far more powerful round than the rounds he was firing, from my point of view, he only started his killing spree. He easily could've added 100-200 more kills by firing in the right target areas of the audience. I have no idea whether he completely scoped out his target or not, but from the videos I saw, he only started his raid. I won't even go any farther into what he did because God forbid someone reads this that may want to do the same. A few spec-ops friends and I had a long chat about what happened there and its clear he had a "great start" to his raid, only to not finish it off, tactfully.
Long story short, Ive said it for years. Vegas is an ULTRA SOFT target and Im surprised it took this long for it to happen. We have well over 300 million citizens in this country. It only takes 1 or 2 crazed people every few months or more to mow down kids at schools or people at outdoor concerts. This it the new world we live in. Its sad, but you have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident than in a mass shooting (unless you live in Chiraq).
The kids are pawns for political gains, nothing more, much like the illegals that are somehow allowed to vote in this country. The mass shooting that happened in Florida could've been prevented over 40 times. How many times did the police visit his house? How many times were the FBI contacted? Why did the four officers that first responded do nothing outside that school while more children bled out and died? What medications was the kid on? Why were all the tips on his FB and YT pages not investigated? Why did so many kids when FIRST INTERVIEWED say that "they just knew" that it was this kid? All the warnings were there. Why are we not talking about that? We aren't because its an initiative to discredit the basic ideologies of the conservative. The MSM is only talking about the effect of what was the causes.
Do I believe that everybody should have AR-15s for home protection or even for sport? F*** NO. Most people do not know how to properly handle these weapons that own them. And since some people think I must be one of "those gun nuts" that has an entire arsenal of weapons, I dont. I only have four. I own two AR-15s, an AK-47, and a Beretta 9mm pistol. The two AR-15s: One is set up for extreme distance. I have thousands and thousands of dollars in it. I have done shot comps and have placed very high in national competitions. The second AR is set up identically to the M4 I had when I was in (other than burst mode). I have burned up a half dozen barrels putting 10s of thousands of rounds through that in tactical environmental shoots. A few ex military friends and I shoot every first Sunday of the month. Typically, we put 500-1500 rounds down range, each. We talk about old times and stuff like that in between knocking the rust off of our CQC tactics. The AK47 is simply that. A $250 POS that Ive put 10s of thousands of rounds through just to be familiar with the enemy's weapon of choice. The Beretta is identical to the one issued to me while in Rescue as well.
Am I a gun nut? Nope. I know plenty that are, with collections expanding to 200-300 weapons. So what do we do to "stop" this?
Simple: You're NEVER (NEVER!!!) going to get the guns back. It may work on island nations like Australia, but it'll never happen here. So how do you handle it? Tax the ever living crap out of the ammo. (Need not worry, libs, I currently have around 20k+ rounds of ammo. That'll get me until the end of summer... maybe.) Thats the simplest way to do it. We already have mental illness initiatives set in place that help. Anything more than that and you are violating HIPAA. So taxing the ammunition is about the quickest way to deter gun sales. Other than that, you're in the hands of your neighbor, neighbor's neighbor, etc. Anybody could snap at any time. It only takes one psycho to go through with what most people may think they would love to do in their minds. Denying that is infantile.
I already know I won't change anybody's minds or anything like that. And some of you will go full "ape s***" on the above posting, but I honestly dont care. I understand exactly why you would want guns to go away. Or why President Orange is an idiot. I like about 50% of the stuff he does. The other 50% is total shit (this latest bill, for example is trash. The wall crap. The Affordable Care Act mess. I could go on...) I understand where you are coming from, trying to help refugees and other illegals coming to this country. I get it. I imagine most of you have never been to "s*** hole" countries, either. But is it so bad to help the homeless crisis in LA and San Fransisco instead of helping non-citizens? Why would you not want to take care of your own brothers and sisters in this country than people who are not accustomed to the American way of life? Thats an answer Ive never heard from anyone anywhere near the left. Billions are spent on the homeless in California alone, but its failing miserably. Why? Why are liberals so upset at corporations bringing plants and jobs back to America? Again, I could go on and on but its pointless.
I dont even know why Ive written this much at this point... LOL.