Re: wow - is a "shadow" politician still a politician?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Black Ops Security wrote:

>  > Drsolly drsollyp at drsolly.com
>  > Tue Aug 28 19:36:50 CDT 2007
>  >
>  > You need more powerful guns, not just more guns. When everyone in the
>  > USA is walking around carrying their own AK-47, then (after the
>  > initial surge in murders), the depopulated USA will have a much lower
>  > murder rate.
>
> Ironically, the AK-47 is not a very powerful gun, and is nowhere near as 

Yes, but you can put a lot of bullets into a lot of people very quickly, 
and that's what will bring your murder rate way down, after a bit of a 
surge upwards, of course.

> powerful as the typical "big game hunting rifle".  And in the US, MUCH 
> more powerful weapons can be purchased.  For example, anybody who is 18 
> yo in the US (and not a convicted felon) can buy a .50BMG "sniper rifle" 
> that is capable of accurate kills out to distances of 7+ kilometers. 
> Hell, for the .50BMG, _anybody_ in the US can buy AP (Armor Piercing), 
> API (Armor Piercing Incendiary), and SLAP (Saboted Light Armor 
> Penetrator) ammo.  We can get it at the local gun shop, and can even buy 
> it online.  Some of that .50BMG ammo can easily penetrate armored 
> trucks, shoot down airplanes, etc.  Oddly, the number of crimes 
> perpetrated with .50BMG rifles, in the entire history of the US, is less 
> than the number of people beaten to death with fists and sticks in the 
> UK in one month.
>
> But yet, gun control advocates in the US now want to ban the .50BMG. 
> More children die every day in the US in swimming pool accidents than 
> the number of people who have EVER been killed in the US by .50BMG 
> rifles, and yet nobody here is interested in even suggesting that 
> swimming pool owners be more responsible.
 

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