Comment by m0zg

5 years ago

> no reason that an MRAP should be on American streets

It's not _on_ American streets. I lived in the US for 20 years and I've never seen one. Likely some SWAT teams purchased them for pennies on the dollar, but I'd argue SWAT teams need them, to reduce casualties when getting close to violent action.

> assault rifles

To the best of my knowledge assault rifles are not in use by US police. AR15 is not an assault rifle.

I saw plenty in London though.

But that's nuance - people younger than, say, 35, won't understand any of it. Literally nobody is interested in the actual reform at the moment. If they were, we'd see some serious proposals by now.

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klyrs  5 years ago

> But that's nuance - people younger than, say, 35, won't understand any of it.

Check yourself, pot, that's an awfully broad brush to be calling a kettle incapable of nuance with.

  • m0zg  5 years ago

    That's what I thought: unable to engage on the substance of the nuance.

    • klyrs  5 years ago

      Lead with good faith and echew personal attacks. Without that, I don't know what you expect to get from the conversation

Gibbon1  5 years ago

> AR15 is not an assault rifle

Means you don't know what and assault riffle is.

  • lliamander  5 years ago

    Assault rifles have selective fire (i.e. they can fire multiple bullets with each pull of the trigger). An AR15 is semi-automatic, which means only one bullet for each pull of the trigger.