Ravenwood - 08/24/04 07:00 AM
Gun grabbers are working overtime to spread lies and deceit about the so-called Assault Weapons Ban. Check out some of these whoppers:
Labbe wrote that the assault weapons ban covers guns "no deadlier than my .22-250 deer rifle." However, most deer rifles are designed to fire a few bullets before being reloaded. Assault weapons can fire 150 bullets without reloading. I say that makes them far deadlier than the average hunting rifle. It takes just five seconds to spray 30 rounds from an Uzi semi-automatic assault weapon. The law bans features that would never be associated with hunting, such as grenade launchers, flash suppressors and barrel shrouds. Hunting rifles aren't the same as assault weapons.If criminals can pull an Uzi trigger 6 times a second, I guess anything is possible. BWS designed a 300 round magazine for the Uzi 9mm. It stands over 5 feet tall and weighs more than 16 lbs fully loaded. That doesn't include the weight of the gun. Of course they also make a .50 caliber BMG entry weapon. And to think, pundits said a .50 BMG subgun was impossible.
There are plenty more lies, damn lies, and statistics in this piece, but they aren't worth giving any more attention. Mostly the author plays loose with the definition of "assault weapons", and then quotes statistics about gun deaths which not only includes all guns (not just "assault weapons"), but suicides and even defensive uses.
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There's no such thing as an "assault weapon that can fire 150 bullets without reloading..."
Far as I know, the only thing that could do that would be a belt-fed machine gun. And technically, there's no end to how many that could fire without "reloading."
I think the 300 round magazine speaks for itself.
Posted by: Ravenwood at August 24, 2004 7:41 PMYou could make QUITE the impression on the local drug dealers if your Uzi is almost as tall as you.
If it doesn't, time to put artillery peices on me car!
Posted by: DaveJ at August 24, 2004 8:28 PMI need to find a belt-fed machine gun.
Posted by: roger at August 25, 2004 11:51 AMThe nice thing about that Uzi magazine is you don't need a tripod - just balance the gun on the magazine. But I have problems imagining the magazine spring that will reliably work against 16 pounds of ammo. Or more precisely, I have doubts as to any normal human's ability to stuff in the 300th round against that spring.
Posted by: markm at August 25, 2004 12:53 PMThat's why you need to get a hydrolic speedloader.
Posted by: Ravenwood at August 25, 2004 2:57 PMBaby, I'm going to butter your bread.
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