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May get this thread kicked into PARF land but to me this thread on the 10-22 illustrates the futility of all the arguments, bandwidth and hot air being wasted on how to stop the gun violence / mass shootings which are getting all to frequent. My Ruger 10/22 shown in post #1 has all the attributes of being defined as an assualt weapon ( except it being .22 rimfire). It has folding stock with pistol grip, high-capacity magazine, flash suppressor and is semi-automatic. In the environments that the recent mass-shootings have occured, load the magazine with long rifle hollow points and it is just about as lethal as any AR-15 assault type weapon, etc. Yet, put the factory stock, 10 round magazine back in and remove the flash suppressor and it is not an assault weapon ??.

As to the psychiatric/psychlogical profiling / testing/reporting issues some propose to keep weapons out of the hands of people who are disturbed? - whatever that is (after all, it is not the gun, it is the shooter).... is frought with privacy issues, who administers this program, what constitutes problem areas, etc etc.... this ain't gonna happen and it wouldn't have made any difference in CT.

We can't have required background checks on all gun purchases but we can have a national system to track anyone who has issues ?? Sounds like a great idea but in my opinion the reality is, neither would start to eliminate the potential for mass shootings. With many millions of firearms, high capacity magazines and untold numbers of wacko/disturbed people in this country, it is just going to continue to happen.

End of rant and no more St. Arnold's pilsner tonight....