Americans able to buy deadly ‘gangster weapons’ again as lobbying forces key concession from Trump officials
US citizens are free once more to buy some of the country’s most deadly firearms and gun accessories, after relentless lobbying by the gun industry and Republican politicians forced a concession from the Trump administration under the federal government shutdown.
As of this week, gun owners will be able to restart purchases of some of the most highly regulated weapons in the US, with the return to work of federal employees responsible for regulating the items now reclassified as “essential”. They include silencers, short-barreled rifles and vintage machine-guns produced before 1986.
Sales of those items had ground to a halt under the shutdown after federal examiners charged with regulating the purchases were furloughed. The examiners formed part of the NFA division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Obviously those are essential to flight a fascist state. I wonder when we will see it actually getting used for that instead of mowing down children.
Nobody has used a machine gun or even full auto in a school shooting. Spreading misinformation, even as a joke, is not helpful.
That is not how you win this war. Spread as much misinformation against fascists as possible. There is no downside to this. You need to muddy the waters to leverage that powerful manipulation tool too. You could be 100 % mega correct all the time, it would simply be irrelevant for propagandized people.
If that’s your strategy, you and I are not on the same side. I’m not going to fight fascists by becoming them.
How is saying bad things about fascists the same as being fascist?
Fascists lie. I don’t want to trade one group of liars for another. Fascists believe the ends justify the means. I don’t want to trade one group that believes that for another. If you try to defeat fascists by acting like them, how far do you have to go before I can’t tell you apart anymore?
Silencers and grandfathered fully automatic guns ranging from 10k to 60k are necessary to fight a fascist state? As others have stated, this is just about rich peoples toys.
It was a joke since that was their argument. How is that necessary? Laughable.
As soon as my blue state stops banning them.
Whoops.
Wait, which state banned what exactly? Are you saying citizens are unable to purchase a firearm in your state?
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Ya, I’m gonna do a lot of defending with a 22lr. People like you who know next to nothing about firearms are why it’s so easy for ICE to go into your neighborhoods and can start rounding up anyone they want. Real smoothbrain ideas thinking the police were the ones who were always going to defend you. As someone of a darker pigment of skin I can tell you from our history that was a bad choice.
Actually, a 22lr would be a great choice for picking them off from a distance. Very accurate long range, sufficient power. Death isn’t required, just skull penetration. Get a scope, problem solved.
No more excuses.
You should probably do some reading on terminal ballistics.