Gun Quiz
Time for some long-overdue gun pr0n. Below are two photos. One is just an ordinary rifle anyone can own. The other is an “assault” weapon, subject to a 6.5 minute waiting period in Virginia, a 1 day waiting period in Illinois, and total prohibition in California, not to mention the entire country from 1994 to 2004. Can you tell which is which?
UPDATE: It seems the answer is a little more complicated than I thought.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:11 am
**DISCLAIMER** I purport to know nothing about guns except to point them downrange and put my headphones on before I shoot and pick up my brass.
It sort of looks like you put a magazine from the one on the right up next to the one on the left. The one on the left looks like a very old gun. The fact that the one on the right is probably new and powerful and is obviously very concealable … makes it the “ordinary rifle anyone can own,” out of sheer contrariness of crazy gun laws?
June 8th, 2006 at 8:37 am
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June 8th, 2006 at 11:29 am
The complete rifle appears to be a Ruger Mini-14 which would be ‘ordinary’.
The small part looks like the lower receiver for an AR-15 or Bushmaster and would have been illegal for a time in part due to the fact that it would accept a pistol grip.
June 8th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
the one on the left looks like a south Texas coyote tamer (a.k.a Mini 14), although it has better wood than mine. The one on the right looks like a hunk of metal. My, oh my, how the people of that giant cereal bowl (full of nuts, fruits and flakes) freak out about the smallest things.
June 8th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Anwyn,
The one on the left is the Mini-14. There are 30 round detachable magazines available for it. It fires the .223 cartridge.
The one on the right is an AR-15 receiver. There are 30 round detachable magazines available for it. It fires the .223 cartridge.
One is not newer or more powerful than the other.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Ah, enlightenment. I knew it was a trick question of some kind but obviously couldn’t tell where the trick came in. Thanks.
I have shot very occasionally and enjoy it quite a bit, but as stated, don’t know details. I think the gun I liked best the last time I shot was a 22/45 Ruger.