Gun Basics

Those that don't know all of this, before expressing opinions on Guns/Gun-Control, are doing it from a position of ignorance.

Those that don't know all of this, before expressing opinions on Guns/Gun-Control are doing it from a position of ignorance, and should be ignored. People are allowed to have opinions based on ignorance -- but we should be smart enough to treat them with the respect their domain knowledge is worth.

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~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2019-01-30

Guns, Basics • [10 items]

AR-15 Bullets
FakeNews/idiots claim that the AR-15 bullets (the .223) are uniquely deadly. That they can do things like enter one place, and spin inside you body and exit somewhere else. The truth is the .223 is weaker than most varmit rounds, and it's advantages were weight (carry more rounds), not firepower. But anti-gunners and media without fact checkers won't tell you that.

Defensive Gun Use
Best estimates are that guns are used in ≈9,000 murders per year but they're used about 2.2 million times a year to stop a crime or save a list. That means if you outlawed all guns (and you're naive enough to think that would stop 9,000 murders), you'd probably increase crime by a couple million more cases a year?

Discussion with a Gun-Controller
Almost every discussion with a gun-controller looks the same. This is a paraphrased version of that thread.

Do something
After every mass shooting (especially School shootings), there's the hue and cry from the left, "this happened again, we have to do something!" What they usually want to do is institute marxism/tyranny, because that's what they wanted before there was a shooting. Thus the shooting is just another excuse to get them what they wanted all along.

Gun Controllers
This is a short list of some of the "smartest Gun-Controllers in the room". This isn't just "gotcha" type mistakes, but fundamental failures to understand the basics of what they're talking about. I've been looking for a gun-controller that could talk about the basic parts and operation without sounding like an idiot and I have yet to find one, but I'm only 58 years old.

Guns and Igno-arrogance
Really dumb smart people are folks that are good and one thing (software, science, accademia...) and think that being a domain expert in one area, translates to things they know nothing about (politics, the real world, etc). Then they are particulary arrogant because they know how smart they are. So they can't fathom they are out of their depth.

Knife Control
While I wish it was a joke, California, UK and Oz (Australia) all have "knife control" to keep the public from having pointy things. Since banning some guns didn't work, they banned more guns. When they ran out of guns to ban, and stabbings went through the roof, they had to ban pointy sticks. Never mind that criminals ignore laws, so the laws only punishing the innocent.

What is a gun?
A gun is just a tool. A tool is just a device used to aid in work. At the mechanical level, this tool throws small rocks (called bullets) very quickly. So it is nothing more than a gas-powered slingshot. Hating a slingshot, or people that want to own them, is not rational (e.g. it's emotional). Which is why it's so hard to reason with people that want to hate a tool.

What is an assault rifle?
Assault rifle is fully automatic close quarters military weapon (one squeeze of the trigger fires multiple bullets). Assault Weapon was invented in 1988 for a black scary looking gun, and to confuse rubes into thinking civilians had assault rifles. Both used smaller/lower powered cartriges (to carry more), and were compact for easy use.

Who needs an AR15?
Asking "who needs an AR15?" is like asking "who needs free speech?". Why do you need your 1st, 4th or 14th amendment rights? If you're not doing anything wrong, you shouldn't need a right to privacy, and if you aren't saying anything wrong, then guaranteeing free speech is redundant.

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Guns are a tool. Gun prohibition is like the prohibition on drugs, alcohol or crime.

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