This article was floating around the Internet a few weeks ago. Reality check -
I traveled to Philadelphia to better understand the firepower of military-style assault weapons and, hopefully, explain their appeal to gun lovers.
But mostly, I was just terrified.
Good Lord, imagine if you had seen military style pants!
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It felt to me like a bazooka — and sounded like a cannon.
No, it didn’t. My 8 year old daughter shoots them regularly without issue.
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Very easy. In fact, as Philadelphia Daily News columnist Helen Ubinas showed today, you can get a military-styled weapon in seven minutes in this country.
And you can get "military-styled" pants in 5 minutes. But that doesn't make you a killer any more or any less.
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The recoil bruised my shoulder.
No, it didnt.
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The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face.
I imagine you also get "disoriented" when watching a commercial on TV, too.
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The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick.
And probably hurt your feelings, too, huh?
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The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD.
No, they didn't. And I am curious how many bombs you've heard go off so as to be able to make such a comparison?
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For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.
Are you sure you just didn't need a Snickers?
Maybe that's just how you are all the time? You do seem to me like a little bitch.
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Even in semi-automatic mode, it is very simple to squeeze off two dozen rounds before you even know what has happened. If modified to fully automatic mode, it doesn’t take any imagination to see dozens of bodies falling in front of your barrel.
Do you have the know-how and ability to make such a modification? No? The shooter didn't, either.
In fact, please tell me the last time a mass shooter did that?
I traveled to Philadelphia to better understand the firepower of military-style assault weapons and, hopefully, explain their appeal to gun lovers.
But mostly, I was just terrified.
Good Lord, imagine if you had seen military style pants!
-----
It felt to me like a bazooka — and sounded like a cannon.
No, it didn’t. My 8 year old daughter shoots them regularly without issue.
-----
Very easy. In fact, as Philadelphia Daily News columnist Helen Ubinas showed today, you can get a military-styled weapon in seven minutes in this country.
And you can get "military-styled" pants in 5 minutes. But that doesn't make you a killer any more or any less.
-----
The recoil bruised my shoulder.
No, it didnt.
-----
The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face.
I imagine you also get "disoriented" when watching a commercial on TV, too.
-----
The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick.
And probably hurt your feelings, too, huh?
-----
The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD.
No, they didn't. And I am curious how many bombs you've heard go off so as to be able to make such a comparison?
-----
For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.
Are you sure you just didn't need a Snickers?
Maybe that's just how you are all the time? You do seem to me like a little bitch.
-----
Even in semi-automatic mode, it is very simple to squeeze off two dozen rounds before you even know what has happened. If modified to fully automatic mode, it doesn’t take any imagination to see dozens of bodies falling in front of your barrel.
Do you have the know-how and ability to make such a modification? No? The shooter didn't, either.
In fact, please tell me the last time a mass shooter did that?
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