# Is the Gun Control Battle Over? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380 "2002-08-05T04:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/121 "2002-08-13T04:44:50Z")
Identify a terrorist who has been smiggled into the United States by contained ship. Just one. Remember, could != has. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/122 "2002-08-13T04:46:01Z")
On second thought, don’t. Despite a plethora of attempte cites, you haven’t done so yet, and I’m sick to death of the hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/123 "2002-08-13T04:57:20Z")
When you show one terrorist who acquired a machine gun in the U.S. At least I have provided multiple cites for my position. The U.S. Customs service and the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee think I am on to something. **minty green** does not. Hmmm. Tough call. \*\*Your argument is based on a specious claim that “extremist” does !=terrorist. \*\* Hanging on by a thread seems to be a specialty of yours. “I know you don’t have one, of course…” Yeah, right. You didn’t know a damn thing about the very well known modus operandi of Al Qaeda and decided to spout off like an expert. Well, you were wrong. You were a picture of condescension, and got caught. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/124 "2002-08-13T05:00:58Z")
Blah blah blah. Where’s your terrorist? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/125 "2002-08-13T05:28:14Z")
And Minty won’t even tell me the reason I’m so very unreasonable. Ah well. I think he’s just having a tantrum over being called on his dishonesty over the ‘assault rifle’ thing a while back - but with Minty, you can never tell what the cause is this week. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/126 "2002-08-13T16:32:47Z")
You guys done sniping at each other? ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Phoenix\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoenix_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380/127 "2002-08-13T23:01:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minty green \* > **Jeez, Dragon, if I was a terrorist who wanted shoot a bunch of civilians who didn’t have any cover, I’d want to fire semi-automatic. Much more accurate than full auto. 😛** I’d think select-fire would be even better, so you can choose whichever mode is better for the situation 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*\*But I can see how my wording was misleading there, so I apologize for the confusion. \*\* S’okay 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gun-control-battle-over/122380.md?page=6)