Comments on: Ban the SKS 47 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/ The taste of bacon is the taste of freedom Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Jay G. http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18153 Jay G. Thu, 29 May 2008 14:23:07 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18153 And I'm such a gun geek I was wondering if it was one of the SKS-D variants, the ones that take AK-47 magazines... And I’m such a gun geek I was wondering if it was one of the SKS-D variants, the ones that take AK-47 magazines…

]]> By: Murphy http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18098 Murphy Thu, 29 May 2008 04:03:35 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18098 Must be related to that AR-47 I heard abount on the news the other day... Hey, is the SKS-47 the one that shoots a bullet 15 miles and can take out airliners? Cool, huh. Would it be that bad, really, if they banned technically non-existant guns? Must be related to that AR-47 I heard abount on the news the other day…

Hey, is the SKS-47 the one that shoots a bullet 15 miles and can take out airliners? Cool, huh.

Would it be that bad, really, if they banned technically non-existant guns?

]]> By: Joshua http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18040 Joshua Wed, 28 May 2008 17:37:35 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18040 I'd have to agree with these people. Someone shooting a police officer with an SKS-47 *is* a pretty big deal. Not because it was a cop who got shot, mind you. Rather it's because the shooter has obviously created some new type of Frankengun using parts from two completely different weapons systems, and the chances of it successfully firing without a malfunction are astronomical. I’d have to agree with these people. Someone shooting a police officer with an SKS-47 *is* a pretty big deal.

Not because it was a cop who got shot, mind you. Rather it’s because the shooter has obviously created some new type of Frankengun using parts from two completely different weapons systems, and the chances of it successfully firing without a malfunction are astronomical.

]]> By: Mark Alger http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18028 Mark Alger Wed, 28 May 2008 15:33:34 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/05/28/ban-the-sks-47/#comment-18028 Actually, Caleb, media ignorance isn't limited to firearms arcana. They're pretty much ignorant on every subject -- to a considerable depth and in excrutiating detail. I'm minded of a comment Heinlein made in correspondence with his agent, to the effect that he'd personally been present (three times I think he wrote) at events later reported in <i>Time</i> and the published reports were wrong on every significant detail. A long time ago, when household schedules mandated my having to sit through ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings as anchor, I adopted the practice of believing the exact, diametric opposite of anything Jennings said in a report unless and until confirmed by a more-reliable source. I have since expanded this to include the entire so-called Mainstream Media. It has served me remarkably well. (Thus my remarks. ::grin:: ) M Actually, Caleb, media ignorance isn’t limited to firearms arcana. They’re pretty much ignorant on every subject — to a considerable depth and in excrutiating detail.

I’m minded of a comment Heinlein made in correspondence with his agent, to the effect that he’d personally been present (three times I think he wrote) at events later reported in Time and the published reports were wrong on every significant detail.

A long time ago, when household schedules mandated my having to sit through ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings as anchor, I adopted the practice of believing the exact, diametric opposite of anything Jennings said in a report unless and until confirmed by a more-reliable source. I have since expanded this to include the entire so-called Mainstream Media. It has served me remarkably well. (Thus my remarks. ::grin:: )

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