[TheForge] coffee and guns

[Andrew Vida]

We might also point out that there is no such a thing as an "assault 
weapon".  There are assault RIFLES, and there is nothing special about 
them.  The gun-squeams are fond of whining about how "deadly" the 
assault weapons are.  If I HAD to choose, I'd rather take my chances 
being on the wrong end of a 223 or 5.7mm than any hunter's round.

Anyhow, an assault rifle is generally defined as of small bore, medium 
powered cartridge, and with selective-fire capability.  No magic, no 
special evil.

And finally, Jim is spot on.  The ONLY thing keeping government from 
running wholly roughshod over us is the fact that we are pretty well 
armed.  Were it otherwise, the few rights we retain would probably have 
flown away decades ago.

	-Andy

Jim Beard wrote:
> 
> They are for when they need to revolt against a Tyrannical government.
> 
> Jim
> Eugene, OR
> 
> On Dec 17, 2007 11:20 AM, lee robbins <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> but why do people need assault weapons in big cities?
>>