Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Owning This Gun is a Felony..." video.

  1. DirtyDan: Lead also has a pretty low melting point. So I guess if one REALLY wanted to, you could pick up the pellets, melt them down and re-cast them into new pellets. But I doubt anyone would want to go through the trouble of doing it. Also, not all shotgun pellets are made from lead either, which further complicates it.
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  2. What the fuck? Smoothbore pistols are a felony? What kind of idiot came up with that idea? As to the shotgun: in a country with probably hundreds of thousands concealed carry permits, it's downright silly to worry about people shortening their shotguns, even if the purpose is to make them easier to conceal.
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  3. Gun-control lawmakers done goofed on that one, didn't they? :P
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  4. Anonie Moose: I don't think it meant "well equipped". It think the term "well regulated" has more to do with keeping the militia up to certain standards of behaviour and practices. This because during the 18th century and the 17th century leading up to it, there were plenty of militia groups across the world (freebooters, mercenaries, partisans etc.) who weren't an official part of any military branch, but still partook in military action. And a lot of them behaved quite badly durin wars. Engaging in things like looting, pillaging, raping women etc. The Founding Fathers must surely have been aware of such known problems of militia groups, so they didn't want to turn the U.S into this chaotic anarchy state where different armed militia groups are fighting eachother daily for control and practically doing as they please because of the fact that they're an armed militia. So they use the term "well regulated militia" instead, implying that militia groups require oversight, discipline and control in order to be allowed to operate.
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  5. Louder with Chowder: Can you quote a source on that? It's not that I want to dismiss your statement out of hand, because at least that's a reason why it would make some sort of sense so I'd just like to look into something backing it up. On the other hand, why then are regular shotguns even less regulated than handguns? Wouldn't the ballistics problem and impossibility of matching fired ammunition to a weapon apply to them as well?
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  6. Lord Flufflebuns: Your argument is flawed. First of all, regarding accuracy. Like you said yourself: short barreled shotguns have a wider spread. They require short range to be effective. But at shorter ranges it is also a lot simpler to hit your target with a handgun. Second: we haven't yet specified what kind of handguns or calibers we're talking about. Yes, I'd rather take my chances against a .22 LR slug at close range, than a 12 gauge buckshot shell fired from a short barreled shotgun (even if the individual buckshot don't all hit me due to the spread). But if we're talking about a .44 JHP magnum round from a revolver or a .50 Action Express from something like a Desert Eagle, then suddenly a buckshot shell doesn't sound "as bad". Especially not considering that the kinetic energy from each individual pellet is generally smaller than a single bullet from a pistol or revolver, and also due to the fact that even lower graded body armor on the NIJ-classification scale is likely to stop or reduce the injuries from buckshot but will have no chance at all stopping .44 magnum rounds or .50 AE rounds. Then there's rate of fire to consider. A semi-automatic pistol can be used to fire repetitive shots a lot faster than a pump-action or even many semi-automatic shotguns (since their action is slower than the pistol). Now i'm not trying to argue that one is more dangerous to be on the business end of than the other. My exact point is the fact that in terms of lethality, overall (with respect to different models and ammunition types) pistols are just as bad as short barreled shotguns. So banning one while allowing the other for concealed carry makes no sense.
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  7. XtreeM FaiL: Could be, but who cares? Whatever concealed handgun they're carrying, it's still a lethal and effective weapon. Why worry a bit "extta much" over concealed shotguns? You're just as dead if you get hit with a concealed carry pistol as you will be from a shotgun blast. And the concealed carry is perfectly legal.
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  8. I'm okay with "boomstick" becoming the official legal term. :)
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  9. Eric Woll: That means that the militia is regulated. Not the guns that they use or own.
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