>>>>As assault rifle can be set on semi-automatic or fully automatic mode.
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>>>>Therefore, as I see it selling automatic weapons was not prohibited.
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>>>>What am I missing?
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>>Google or Bing?
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>>Dick's has been prohibited from selling any weapon that can be set to automatic fire, for over 30 years now.
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>>The Las Vegas shooter had legal semi-automatic weapons that he fitted with bump stocks that effectively jiggle the trigger rapidly.
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>>Bump stocks were declared legal by the previous US administration twice, despite reservations expressed even by the NRA, but are being banned by the current administration.
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>>Meanwhile it's fashionable to attack Trump and the NRA for causing/not fixing the problem, and Congress for overturning Obama's late executive order requiring gun bans on anybody on disability who needs help with the paperwork, which characteristically is conflated into allowing crazy people to buy guns again. In fact there's a longstanding requirement to report "mental defectives" which is an awful term but includes mentally unwell people whether they need help with paperwork or not. The real problem is that reporting is so sloppy that rearranging rules is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
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>This type of thing happens a lot more than most people think. If you happen to see this in the national news please let me know.
>Oklahoma City, OK
>2 Shot At Louie's On Lake Hefner; Suspect Killed By Armed Citizen
>Posted: May 24, 2018 7:35 PM EDT
>Updated: May 25, 2018 12:11 AM EDT
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>A mother and daughter shot, another female minor injury, a man broke his arm fleeing the area.
>100 witnesses - 1 armed citizen - 1 dead shooter
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I recently read "The Glorious Cause", Jeff Shaara's fascinating account of the battles of the American Revolution.
It's a great read and I recommend it.
It's clear that the militia mentality that characterized the rebellious colonists of that era persists here today.