JMac Wrote:
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> You're mincing words, Mitch. Look at this newest
> case, for instance. Should this kind of weapon be
> legal, Mitch? I don't care what YOU define as
> illegal assault weaponry, this should not be
> legal:
>
> "The primary weapon used in the attack was a
> "Bushmaster AR-15 assault-type weapon," said
> Connecticut State Police Lt. Paul Vance. The rifle
> is a Bushmaster version of a widely made AR-15,
> the civilian version of the M-16 rifle used by the
> U.S. military. The original M-16 patent ran out
> years ago, and now the AR-15 is manufactured by
> several gunmakers. Unlike the military version,
> the AR-15 is a semiautomatic, firing one bullet
> per squeeze of the trigger. But like the M-16,
> ammunition is loaded through a magazine. In the
> school shooting, police say Lanza's rifle used
> numerous 30-round magazines."

I have an AR-15, comparing it to a military rifle is like saying a Hummer is a military vehicle. It's nonsense.