EM87 wrote:
Let's take votes. Feb. 14 or March 14?
March 14th. Let it warm up a bit, and give everybody a little time to think about it.
wardog6d wrote:
Whats the difference HMMMM? OK hunting with a 308,30-06,shotgun or going to Mcdonalds with a AK or AR...HMMMMM
"A handgun's purpose is to fight your way back to your rifle"
Back when your rights actually mattered, and "scaring the public" isn't what the government cared about, men used to carry their kentucky long rifles on their backs. Most men didn't even carry a pistol. Fast forward 100 years, more men started carrying pistols as a means of self-defense in a world without heavily enforced laws. But they kept a lever-action rifle at hand on their horse, where they could get to it fast if they needed it.
Sure, the long-arm is a large, and cumbersome choice. It gets in the way of damn near everything, and weighs ~8-10 lbs loaded. However, can you really put comfort ahead of safety? If we did, we'd all be carrying 1-shot .22 LR derringers. Pretty much every situation that you can think of that you MIGHT end up in, wouldn't you feel a lot safer with a rifle? Especially the horrific mall shooter scenario. You're trying to get you / your family / others out, but your only exit is blocked by the shooter. He's 75 yards out, and making use of cover, and moving frequently. That's not a shot you could make with your pistol. Hell, let's add the North Hollywood Shootout to the aspect : He's high on PCP, and completely covered in body armor. Now your pistol is completely useless, and he's between you and your exit. 75 yards with body armor and cover? I could make that shot with my AR15. It'd zip right through his soft armor. It'd zip right through most cover that you'd find in a mall. If I miss, I've got 29 more shots to take him down, or at least distract him to where I can get myself / my family / others out. I can't even consider my AR15 as an option for defensive use, due to that possibility that I'll be detained every time I walk 10 feet.
This picture is an example of how easy Long-Arm OC should be Michigan. Yet it's also an example, of how it's NOT right now.
I want to be able to walk through town to go plinking with my friends, with a rifle on my back, walk into a combination liquor store/k-12 school/church-synagogue-mosque/college/bar/grocery store, walk in, buy a pack of gum and a bottle of water, and NOBODY bats an eye or gives a damn. But this probably isn't going to happen in my lifetime. Because people are "scared", and the laws won't allow it.
I want to live in a society where people don't fear a tool, but instead, fear CRIMINALS that might use the tool to a negative end. Where people will STOP depending so much on others, and take it upon themselves that "Hey, MY LIFE is in MY OWN hands."
-Richard-