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I am just at a loss as to what you actual point was/is
It seemed like you were saying "as long as they use a shotgun it is OK"
It would only seem that way if you were reading what I wrote with libtard goggles (see also: Industrialsize).
I was saying that the political concerns about access to firearms do not revolve around shotguns. Shotguns have the types of legitimate purposes (hunting and home defense) that fall well under the auspices of the second amendment. They are difficult to conceal, have a low capacity, a low rate of fire, and short range. They can certainly be lethal, but fall into the bucket with a lot of things that can be lethal but still trusted in the hands of the populace (e.g. knives).
When people liberals argue that sports hunters do not need military rifles in order to hunt, shotguns are the type of alternative they are thinking of. Going after shotgun ownership is going after the alternative to military weapon ownership, it would be stupid.
Above and beyond that, the specific case example which stormfront cited is a poor argument for greater controls on shotgun ownership because the damage done was minimal. Like I said, that student wanted to attack a classmate for attention and there's no alternative that produces a better outcome then what actually happened (1 student injured, no fatalities).
Frankly I would have said NOTHING if you had no been talking out of you ass when you were saying that the sales of shotguns were NOT regulated.
I'm hardly talking out of my ass. They're not regulated in the way that rifles and pistols are. Even in states which have gun permit and registration laws, shotguns do not require permits to own them and registration is optional, not required. It's not that they're not regulated at all, but they're in a completely different category.
All these discussions about gun control are about handguns (the weapon that is most prevalent (
by far) in firearm homicides) and military styled rifles (which have strong ability to be used to inflict mass casualties).
Are you, Industrialsize, or Stormfront really arguing that we need stricter controls on
shotgun ownership? Because there are
zero politicians I know of who are pursuing that approach. You'd have to start your own political party. Not sure what your slogan would be (Submit to bears and home intruders, ban shotguns now!)
