Mayor to push for ban on military weapons

South Coast Today (MA) ^ | 12/21/06 | ROB MARGETTA

[Sir Gawain]

Enemy.

[TheKidster]

This guy is exactly why I'd buy a military weapon, so that the govt. won't be the only ones with 'em when things go south.

[Dog Gone]

Mayor Lang said he would like to see Massachusetts follow California's example and ban the AR-15. "If it's legal, it's a loophole that's got to be closed," he said.

Brilliant legal analysis.

[Last Laugh]

It's a killing tool. ... It's a weapon that's used to destroy an opposition army. We don't need a battlefield in the middle of our city."

What a dangerous putz. Look at the Second Amendment you swine behind

[Domandred]

Mr. Medeiros' rifle had a range of "1,000 feet and is deadly accurate," far greater than police-issue handguns, Mayor Lang said.

Well no crap. Handgun vs ANY rifle at 1000 feet and the rifle is gonna be more accurate.

[HiJinx]

The AR-15 was also used by John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, the 2002 Beltway snipers.

Well, slight error here. Why is it that Liberals feel they have a right to their own set of facts? /rhet.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Virtually every civilian firearm in existence is the decendant of a military weapon.
Moron!

[facedown]

Mayor Lang said he is a supporter of the Second Amendment,...

...here comes the "but"...

...but added, "Let's apply some common sense to the Second Amendment and modern technology.

In other words, "Let's 'interpret' it as we wish.

Why not a bazooka? Why not a tank?

Indeed, why not.

It doesn't make sense."

It makes perfect sense to anyone who does not believe that government "elites" should rule us "unenlightened common folk".

[Sam Cree]

They are statists, every one of them.
Even our president signed off on CFR and agreed to sign the assault weapons ban.

Everyone says that Americans are different than Europeans, that we'll get angry and stand up to Islamic terror. I hope we hurry up and do it, because we are surely heading down the road to sheepdom.

[Sam Cree]

Considering that my deer rifle, a Remington 700 bolt action, is harder hitting and arguably more accurate than an out of the box AR, I guess the mayor wants not just military, but any accurate weapon banned. Anything that outguns a pistol. And no lefty wants handguns left legal.

[tet68]

"Let's apply some common sense to the Second Amendment and modern technology. Why not a bazooka? Why not a tank? It doesn't make sense."


Absolutely right, Mr. Mayor, why not?

What he want's to legislate is the "possiblity of misuse".

Eventually people like him would apply this to printing presses and computers too.

[wastedyears]

Didn't they use a bolt-action?

[rellimpank]

--here we go again---

[wastedyears]

Would they allowed left-handed firearms as they're rare weapons?

[sidegunner]

The cops were outgunned. WHY? No TAC teams?...don't have the proper equipment?...no training? WHY? No money for training and equipment...in Taxachussets the lib paradise..something smells about this utterance. A PR move for sure.

[Sam Cree]

I don't know that I've ever seen a left handed firearm?

[joe fonebone]

if the gun killed 2 employees and himself, how can he give a statement?

[taxcontrol]

AR-15 ? .... whew, for a min there I thought they were going to ban my mini-14 or maybe even my AR-10.

[/sarc]

What idiots.

[FreedomPoster]

Time's a wastin'.

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