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johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:06 PM Dec 2012

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Things Wal-Mart think are more dangerous than assault rifles....

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Things Wal-Mart think are more dangerous than assault rifles.... (Original Post) johnnyrocket Dec 2012 OP

Hard to believe..... midnight Dec 2012 #1

But true, compiled from these two articles.... johnnyrocket Dec 2012 #2

I know.... I'm sorry if that didn't sound like I believed....Because I do... I just was reading midnight Dec 2012 #5

It looks like two of those are just .22 LRs ComplimentarySwine Dec 2012 #3

.22s are still just .22s even if they look like AR-15s. Deep13 Dec 2012 #4

There's a .22 rimfire that's a JoeyT Dec 2012 #7

That is either illegal or else the owner has a Class 3 Federal permit. nt Deep13 Dec 2012 #8

Yeah, I just noticed JoeyT Dec 2012 #9

The first and third one JoeyT Dec 2012 #6

I have both America and Pork Chops sakabatou Dec 2012 #10

midnight

(26,624 posts)

1. Hard to believe.....

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:10 PM

Dec 2012

johnnyrocket

(1,773 posts)

2. But true, compiled from these two articles....

Reply to midnight (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:12 PM

Dec 2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/walmart-banned-products_n_2324382.html

Five Assault Weapons You Can Pick up at Walmart:

http://www.thenation.com/article/171810/five-assault-rifles-you-can-pick-walmart-photos

midnight

(26,624 posts)

5. I know.... I'm sorry if that didn't sound like I believed....Because I do... I just was reading

Reply to johnnyrocket (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:05 AM

Dec 2012

a few articles from The Nation... Walmart offers five assault riffles....

http://www.thenation.com/article/171810/five-assault-rifles-you-can-pick-walmart-photos

ComplimentarySwine

(515 posts)

3. It looks like two of those are just .22 LRs

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:30 PM

Dec 2012

I do like the Colt LE6940, though.

Deep13

(39,154 posts)

4. .22s are still just .22s even if they look like AR-15s.

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:53 PM

Dec 2012

Also "assault rifle" is a well defined term that includes only short, lightweight rifles that shoot short cartridges and are capable of machine-gun firing. Civil versions do not include the machine gun feature and are, therefore, not "assault rifles." Nothing that shoots .22 rimfire is.

I am not suggesting that civilian AR-15s and AK-47s should be off-limits for restrictions. I am only commenting about the terminology.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

7. There's a .22 rimfire that's a

Reply to Deep13 (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 01:03 PM

Dec 2012

machine gun. The American 180 had a 275 round pancake magazine that it fires at 1200 RPM. You can see them on Youtube.

Not that I'm arguing .22s are inherently dangerous, just that any bullet can be dangerous if you pour enough of them out at a high enough rate of fire.

Deep13

(39,154 posts)

8. That is either illegal or else the owner has a Class 3 Federal permit. nt

Reply to JoeyT (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 03:43 PM

Dec 2012

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

9. Yeah, I just noticed

Reply to Deep13 (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:02 AM

Dec 2012

where you said civil versions. So my bad.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)

6. The first and third one

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 12:58 PM

Dec 2012

look scary, but they're .22s.

The second and fourth ones are .223s. The same type of bullet used in the most recent mass murder. Jesus, "most recent" mass murder. Like it should have ever gotten beyond the first one without us doing something about it.

sakabatou

(42,204 posts)

10. I have both America and Pork Chops

Reply to johnnyrocket (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:18 AM

Dec 2012

How the hell were they banned?

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