He still had to stand watch, the Officer of the Deck held onto the .45.

When I was in the Navy during the Cold War we had one guy who was banned from handling any fire arm at any time-he failed qualification for the M-14, .45 APC, and shotgun - shoot 5 loads of buck shot at a 55 gallon drum from 10 feet He was 0 for 5.

Only the government can violate your first amendment. Anyone else can do “fighting words”, slander, or public nuisance.

The running odds right now are gang bangers doing there classic spray and pray style of shooting. Lesser odds on a terrorist attack. Yes people will bet on anything.

If the political class really cared about limiting guns they would ban hand guns - you know the type used in overwhelming numbers for crimes & suicide. Real red light laws that protects Va. the crazy ex syndrome. And more robust background checks. With penalties for obligated reporters not reporting.

The Germans were the first to be on the business end of an assault rifle in WW2. It was a specialty weapon to lay down some hurt in support of the standard bolt action rifle carrying cannon fo… I mean infantry. Most Armies trended away from them into the 70s. When everyone’s favorite rifle showed up in 5.56. Then it was made into a carbine. Now the army is going to the 6.8 for their next rifle. No word on if a larger caliber squad level assault rifle is lurking behind the next corner.

Trying to explain why the civilian version of the AR platform is not an assault rifle is futile. Not that I’m enamored with them. Bolt action rifle for life!