Obama is well aware that's a reality he faces. Why do you think he put brennan in as DCI? He thinks he has someone over there he can control therefore keeps him looking good with all the agency types.Say What?
I think, Obama should order the CIA to assassinate Obama.
those civilians are tasked with a different set of duties than the latter.The thing with which i have the biggest problem. Why do these civilians
get the fancy deathtoys while these
do not? cn
Of course. You have unilaterally defined that those are the only admissible reasons to own a gun. There are others, e.g. long-range marksmanship. Has anyone committed a crime with a .50-caliber rifle? Why ban'em except guns, ewww? cn
No sale. I expect that civilians have parity with civilians. cn
long range marksmanship is incompatible with self defense by definition. if someone is a long way away, they are not a threat to you.
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Have I said thing one about full autos? Does this topic so compel you to bodyslam the goalposts?
cn
despite the different duties?
point remains. what does a civilian need with a sniper rifle?Have I said thing one about full autos? Does this topic so compel you to bodyslam the goalposts?
What different duties? Police have two and only two legitimate duties:
Since when is need a reasonable criterion? What part of "we should all have equal access to arms" is unclear or hateful to you? cn
You haven't thought this through... Are you advocating the ban of bolt action rifles now? LOL....
sniper rifles serve no purpose for self defense, they are tools of war. they serve no purpose in civilian life besides to make a murderer's life easier.
Or it makes killing a dear easier and more humane.
your right to kill a deer more easily does not trump someone else's right to not be picked off by a sniper.
A "sniper rifle" is not what you think it is. A "sniper" is a person who went to a particular training facility (Sniper school); the rifle is irrelevant. The only defining features a sniper rifle has are ultra-tight tolerances in manufacturing and some specialized modifications for accuracy. If you haven't gone to sniper school, all you have is a really accurate deer, big game, or target rifle; all of which would be "sporting"applications.
which make it the ideal weapon for killing humans not in self defense.
I agree, but there is no way to stop a person from making a "sniper rifle" for the purpose of picking people off. If a person is going to kill another person there is nothing that can stop them if they are intent on doing such.
don't underestimate what a healthy set of deterrents can do in mitigating carnage, both frequency and volume.
No; what I am saying is that the Total Security Solution™ is every citizen's job, not only a police officer's. Apprehending criminal suspects I happily leave to the ones in the uniforms; I am not paid (enough) to deal with that.
Arms are by their very nature the principal tools of war. You are trying to distinguish between tools of war and tools of "legitimate" (the Big Lie) defense/sport. The whole point of something like the Second Amendment is the distribution of the power to do awful things away from an authoritarian Center. Jmo. cn
zimmy sure thought so, and had no problem with the pay rate (see next blurb).
there's a reason why certain arms are standard issue in the miltary, and certain weapons that would make any soldier a laughing stock if they carried them.