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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 18:31:15 GMT
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 18:34:56 GMT
What gets me about suppressors is that they're legal in many European countries that have strict gun laws, in fact, hunters are even encouraged to use them.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 19, 2015 18:48:55 GMT
There is a thing about the Europeans just making more sense than North America, I suppose?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 18:51:09 GMT
There was a time on US television where every murder mystery/cop show would routinely show the bad guys using suppressors. So the suppressor was considered something only needed to kill someone and try to get away with it. Cuz everyone knows when you shoot a gun cops will descend on you en mass. Even at 4am in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 18:56:13 GMT
It's like switchblades and balisongs; yes you can open them quickly and with one hand (with practice in the case of a balisong), but you can do the same thing with a lot of knives, but what shows up in television and movies?
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 19:06:53 GMT
Yeah, butterfly knives are outlawed in many places solely based on perception. It's just a folding knife, and not a very good one at that. Switchblades have a federal ban on them in the US, which is insane. Was there a huge problem with switchblade related mass killing? Auto assist blades are just as fast and perfectly legal (outside of California and New York).
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 19:12:43 GMT
Hell, I've got one of those Cold Steel knives that opens when you hook one of the quillons on your pocket as you draw it.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 19:49:28 GMT
Did a little research. Turns out the reason behind the switchblade ban is its connection to urban youth and gangs.
IE black people.
Which is coincidentally the same argument used to try and ban "Saturday Night Specials". Gotta keep those weapons out of the hands of those undesirables.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 19:51:40 GMT
And movies about greasers no doubt.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 19:53:39 GMT
Oh yeah, the switchblade was corrupting our youth. There's even a quote by a judge that "Switchblade ownership is just one step away from joining a gang".
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 20:04:20 GMT
You'd hope a judge would know that correlation doesn't equal causation.
And lets face it, aside from a switchblade opening quickly at the press of a button, it's just a knife. Couldn't they just use regular folding knives to the same effect? They could even just carry around big spanners; perfectly legal, but you could break someone's skull like nothing.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 22:52:56 GMT
"Wrench ownership is only one step away from being a mechanic."
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 23:05:36 GMT
Stopped at the gun shop earlier. Saw they had an old Beretta 950 They only wanted 125 bucks for it. I didn't ask to see it for 2 reasons. 1: I prolly would have bought it. 2: .25 ACP is almost impossible to get your hands on right now.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 19, 2015 23:22:01 GMT
.25ACP is just plain illegal over here, and pistols that small are as well.
Apparently small pistols can be concealed, never mind that I can put a full-sized M1911 in my coat pocket without it showing. Never mind that I could hide a sawed-off shotgun or rifle under my coat.
.25ACP weapons are cheap, therefore used by criminals, never mind that I can buy a cheap shotgun for the price as a .25cal pistol.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 19, 2015 23:52:46 GMT
SNS ban?
Is that only regarding small caliber pistols or does it also apply to small frame pistols in higher cal?
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