10 year ban on assault weapons ends

[jeepnut]

Originally Posted by happydude666

...or just stop manufacturing ammo...if the prices of ammo went up not many people would be able to afford to pay $50/bullet...so i say just stop manufacturing them outside of military bases and such.

That reminds me of a Chris Rock bit. "Man, I'd shoot your ass if I could afford it."

EDIT: (Full quote from Bowling For Columbine)
"You don't need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullit control! We need to control the bullits, that's right!

I think Bullits should cost $5,000. $5,000 for a bullit. You know why? 'Cause if a bullit cost $5,000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders.

Every time people are shot, people'd be like, "Damn! He musta done somethin'! They put $50,000 worth of bullits in his ass!"

People'd think before they killed somebody if a bullit cost $5,000. "Man I would blow your ****in' head off if... I could afford it! I'm gonna get another job, start savin' some money, and you a dead man! You better hope I can't get bullits on layaway!"" - Chris Rock

[Happydude]

Originally Posted by jeepnut

That reminds me of a Chris Rock bit. "Man, I'd shoot your ass if I could afford it."

EDIT: (Full quote from Bowling For Columbine)
"You don't need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullit control! We need to control the bullits, that's right!

I think Bullits should cost $5,000. $5,000 for a bullit. You know why? 'Cause if a bullit cost $5,000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders.

Every time people are shot, people'd be like, "Damn! He musta done somethin'! They put $50,000 worth of bullits in his ass!"

People'd think before they killed somebody if a bullit cost $5,000. "Man I would blow your ****in' head off if... I could afford it! I'm gonna get another job, start savin' some money, and you a dead man! You better hope I can't get bullits on layaway!"" - Chris Rock

yeah...that's kinda where i got the idea

[TheSlyMoogle]

It would suck to be a cop right about now.

[DimHalo]

Oh, I didn't realize that it was the whole nation. That's a little different story. I'll have to consider that when I have time.

[Professor S]

I apologize for the political vein of this link, but it does shed some light on the assault weapon ban expiring and its implications if you look past the criticism of a MoveOn.org ad campaign:

http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=258

I removed most of political content in the quote.

Contrary to what the ad clearly implies, any weapon that can fire 300 rounds per minute remains illegal for civilians to own without specific clearance by the US Department of Justice.

In fact, machine guns have been tightly regulated since the passage of the National Firearms Act in 1934, in the wake of the gangster era. Legal ownership of a machine gun requires an extensive federal background check, fingerprinting, signed clearance from the chief of local law enforcement (such as a county sheriff), a $200 excise tax , and weeks of paperwork. That was true before the assault-weapon ban was enacted in 1994, and it remains true with the expiration of the ban at midnight Sept. 13, 2004.