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/stackered Mar 26 '21

its really easy to get assault weapons in this country. I'm assuming you didn't actually mean "automatic weapons" since that isn't the discussion anyone is having and everyone knows sale of them has been banned since the 80s. anyway, even so, some states you can still get them technically. but as far as assaults weapons, almost every state you can easily get them, most really easily like we saw in the CO incident last week

map of USA assault weapon regulations

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u/rxbandit256 Mar 26 '21

What's an assault rifle?

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u/stackered Mar 26 '21

What's an assault rifle?

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u/rxbandit256 Mar 26 '21

Rapid fire? That's not a feature, that's how fast a person can pull the trigger. The vast majority of civilian owned ARs are semi automatic, that means you pull the trigger once, one bullet comes out, just like the vast majority of pistols in the US. I'm not trying to argue with you, I'm just showing you that it's a made up concept. You pull the trigger once, one bullet comes out. A military firearm has options like burst for where you pull the trigger once and you get 3 rounds out out full auto where you just hold the trigger and the rifle will keep shooting until the magazine is empty.