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virginia mountainman

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2. The talk of banning sniper rifles is nothing more than,
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 12:19 PM
Dec 2016

than talk of banning most large game hunting rifles...And nothing more..

I find it ironic that one of the lines used against "so called" assault rifles is that they are innacurate, so they need to be banned, and we need to ban sniper rifles, because they are TOO accurate..

Just shows how weak minded many gun control advocates are..

Here is what a rifle design from the 1890's can do (yes I know the rifle used was from the 1930's or early 40's but the basic design is from the 1890's with standard iron sights... These rifles are WIDELY available and CHEAP, the last one I purchased I gave $50 bucks for..

O, it is a "TRUE" weapon of war, not these poser AR15's and semi-auto AK's that the simple minded politicians "THINK" are weapons of war. These were carried into battle for over 75 years by REAL armies, and are still encountered on battlefields today....No real army carries a AR15 or semi auto AK anywhere but to the trash..




If you want a real weapon of war, they are widely available, with wood stocks.....


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Sniper rifle v assault (weapon) rifle [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 OP
The M1 is capable of hitting targets at 1/3 of a mile Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #1
The M1 Garand is a great rifle and an excellent design discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #5
The M1 Garand is classafied as a "battle rifle". oneshooter Dec 2016 #10
I think I read that somewhere but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #14
The talk of banning sniper rifles is nothing more than, virginia mountainman Dec 2016 #2
How far back do you want to go? oneshooter Dec 2016 #3
First of all... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #6
"Criteria:" Anything what sticks on the wall. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #18
And, interestingly, yagotme Dec 2016 #7
No. The real answer is... Kang Colby Dec 2016 #4
re: "...gun controllers are happy with any kind of restriction or ban that they can pass." discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #8
The .50 cal shooting down a plane comes from WW2. ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #9
I have heard the 9 yards detail but I wasn't aware that the M2 was the gun discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #12
Yes Brownings were carried yagotme Dec 2016 #15
I've heard a number of explanations for the 9 yards discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #17
The next time they build up a head of steam kudzu22 Dec 2016 #11
BACKLASH???????????????? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #13
Nah. Couldn't be. n/t yagotme Dec 2016 #16
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