[TheForge] todays shooting in school.

[Andrew Vida]

On 12/17/2012 2:46 PM, wmullett at bright.net wrote:
> Baloney, You wrote: "There are less than 30 dead out of a nation of
> millions! "
>
> Don't trivialize!  No matter how many, this is horrific.

He wans't trivializing.  I'd have been on his shit for it.  He was
reminding us to keep perspective.  Events like this distort that
perspective and drive many to make demands that are not just.
>
> There is no reason for large magazine clips or even assault looking
> weapons.

Says who?  You?  I have several ARs and M1A and other such rifles.
Neither you nor anyone is authorized to dictate what I may or may not
have.  If you think you do, make your best argument, but I will warn you
to be loaded for bear because I slice and dice these exchanges on a
regular basis.
>
> I hunt and have many guns.  My neighbor even has a 223 - bolt
> action.<<<<  That is a hunting rifle.  An assault weapon - 223,
> semi-automatic with a large magazine is a man killer.

Nonsense.  We hunt here with ARs all the time.  My friend has a 
suppressed 300 Whisper with which he takes deer yearly.  Knocks them 
stone dead and is very quiet, thereby not disturbing the neighbors.
>
> Call this for what it is.  Having these weapons available has nothing
> to do with hunting or the constitution.

You are SO wrong Walt.  Here is a hint for you: look up US v. Miller and 
read the decision.  You will see that these are precisely the sorts of 
weapons MOST STRONGLY protected by the 2A.  It is all there in black and 
white.

Ball is in your court.