Thread: When the new is just as bad as the old...

Originally Posted by Beavis

I want an "assault style " rifle. Where do I get one? Is any rifle assault style if you assault someone with it? Or do you need a fancy salmon shirt to be in assault style?

I want a police force who operate within their mandate: this shouldn't be too hard. If they did this, I imagine there wouldn't be the great need to persecute law abiding people.
Think of it like this: there is nothing in current legislation which prohibits someone from owning a Ferrari (leaving aside the wanker factor - it is still legal). The owner is very capable of breaking the law (as is everyone owning a Corolla....) - cars are registered and just as capable of killing people. Firearms licence holders ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, yet are still persecuted because there are people who chose to operate outside the law. (There are also people who choose to drive without a valid drivers license - and are arguably more visible than those who use firearms without a license....).
There is nothing stopping the police targeting those who drive without a license, or those who have illegal firearms - it seems that one gets better headlines (from our biased media....) than others, so one garners more attention than the other.