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no_hypocrisy

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8. Yes, and it's a lazy man's thing.
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 05:56 AM
Oct 2023

Specifically, I mean having an automatic weapon that indiscriminately destroys a multitude of "targets" means saving time and not obviating the skills to aim and shoot accurately. You just press down on the trigger and the gun does the rest. It's the same concept why machine guns were developed for the First World War. You just spray bullets in a short amount of time with a lesser risk of you being shot yourself. Machine guns were specifically and federally outlawed after WWI when criminals used them during Prohibition.

It's a weapon of convenience and cowardice.

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