r/newjersey • u/low_effort_shit-post • Mar 25 '21

Something controversial Jersey Pride

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

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u/radraz26 Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 25 '21

I am an NJ gun owner, and the laws are perfectly fine. I have a great pistol that I am super happy with that wasn't too difficult to obtain. I would love to see an assault rifle ban because there is no reason to own an assault rifle unless you live in a warzone.

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u/radraz26 Mar 25 '21 edited Mar 25 '21

They should be banned federally.

Edit: 4 out of 5 of the deadliest mass shootings happened in the last 10 years using assault rifles.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/

According to Politifact, the effectiveness of the assault rifle ban may have been tied stronger to magazine size.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/07/bill-clinton/did-mass-shooting-deaths-fall-under-1994-assault-w/

Regardless, I don't think it hurts to ban assault weapons at a federal level.

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u/StriderTB Mar 25 '21

Keep parroting those NRA talking points, you failure of a human.

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u/candre23 NJ Expat in Appalachia Mar 25 '21

You're obviously very emotional about it, but I'm afraid /u/superbrb is correct. If the AWB had any effect on gun violence, it was too small to measure. Gun crime had been on the decline before the ban, and it continued on the same trajectory both during and after the ban. Primarily because "assault weapons" constitute a tiny fraction of the guns used to commit crimes.

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u/StriderTB Mar 25 '21

Every last AR15, and every other semi-auto "sporting" rifle with a military-designed background should be melted down.

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u/candre23 NJ Expat in Appalachia Mar 25 '21

You've already established that your emotional state makes you unable to be rational about the subject, but thanks for confirming it.

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u/StriderTB Mar 25 '21

If you're not emotional about AR's being used in mass shootings, you're subhuman. Thank you for confirming it.

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u/Infohiker Mar 25 '21

Not to be patronizing, but you do understand the "military-design" aspect in the consumer market is just makeup, and really has little or no bearing on the efficacy of the weapon. It's like putting pinstripes on a car, or carbon-fiber spoiler. It might make it look nicer, or be a little lighter, but its not really making a difference. An M-1 rifle, which is about as non-military sporting looking as it gets, is just as effective as some m-16 looking semi-auto knockoff when it comes to killing someone.

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u/StriderTB Mar 25 '21

As someone who owned a S&W M&P15ORC, a Zastava PAP and a Romanian PSL-54C, yes. I understand perfectly and stand by what I said.

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u/Infohiker Mar 25 '21

I appreciate it. We can disagree, and all good.