Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the United States?

Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by pyre on Sunday September 11, 2016 @09:02AM (#12473154)

Well, it doesn't help that most of the gun enthusiasts' arguments for why they need their guns involve killing other people. That and I don't think that anyone needs a semi-automatic "assault-style" weapon to hunt for food. Most of the guns that we see in the news and the gun debates are not guns that I ever saw someone hunting with.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by rsync on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:09AM (#12473718)

"Most of the guns that we see in the news and the gun debates are not guns that I ever saw someone hunting with."

Correct. Hunting rifles are typically much more powerful and lethal than handguns and "assault style" AR-15 and AR-derivative rifles.

They shoot farther and with more velocity, they use larger (sometimes much larger) projectiles and are much more accurate.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by losvedir on Sunday September 11, 2016 @12:26PM (#12474099)

On the other hand, rifles are just a fraction (< 5%) of gun deaths in the United States.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by LyndsySimon on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:34PM (#12477028)

When I lived in Arkansas, I took several deer with an AR-15. Now that I'm in Virginia I can't do that, because the cartridge isn't considered powerful enough to be humane. Here, I use a AKM in 7.62x39mm.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by AlexB138 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @12:38PM (#12474166)

I'm not sure what you mean by "assault-style", but assault weapons are inherently automatic weapons, not semi-automatic. I find it very odd that you specified "semi-automatic" which is, by far, the least dangerous of the two. Are you advocating for bolt-action rifles?

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by scott_s on Sunday September 11, 2016 @02:15PM (#12474735)

The very definition of "assault weapon" is political. I use it to mean both semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles that were designed for combat. This is a common definition, but obviously, not fully accepted.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by jimmywanger on Sunday September 11, 2016 @01:48PM (#12474578)

Nobody "needs" anything. Do you "need" a car that can exceed 80mph on a road?

We want to have certain things, and once you have accumulated the resources to get them, you can purchase them.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by hueving on Sunday September 11, 2016 @04:01PM (#12475341)

You can have guns solely for target shooting. Hunting is a PITA.

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