Sentences with phrase «automatic weapons would»

One of the first things that was noticed about the game when it was first unveiled was that automatic weapons would be available to the player for the first time in the series.

I've never hunted tiger before, but I imagine that two clips worth of bullets from an automatic weapon would be enough to fell a real tiger...

Not exact matches

By then, the New York Times reported, the CIA already had agents stationed in southern Turkey deciding which Syrian rebel groups would receive US - made automatic rifles, rocket - propelled grenades, ammunition and antitank weapons.

It backs legislation in Congress that would provide more data to the background check system and calls for a ban on accessories like bump stocks that make firearms function more like automatic weapons.

But in a sign the pressure is beginning to tell in Washington, Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ordered the Justice Department to propose a rule to ban bump fire stocks, the device that allowed the gunman at the Las Vegas massacre in October to fire on concertgoers more rapidly, mimicking automatic weapons fire.

Some 50 dead at the hands of a self - declared ISIS supporter with an automatic assault weapon, in the midst of the most polarized presidential election the country has experienced in the post-war period.

Though older versions are technically legal to own, buy, and sell in many states, brand new «machine guns» — defined by law as a fully automatic weapon capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull — have not been available for sale or purchase for civilian use in the United States since the Firearm Owners» Protection Act of 1986.

If you know anything about US gun laws, though, this should have at first seemed unlikely — after all, automatic weapons are some of the few guns that are supposed to be banned or, at the very least, strictly regulated in America.

That's because, as is all too typical with US gun laws, the automatic weapons ban has some pretty big loopholes.

The measure also would ban the sale of «bump stocks,» which allow semi-automatic rifles to mimic fully automatic weapons.

He says, «We can't have people walking around with automatic weapons.

But Zach Lesk, a junior at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs, said no one should have automatic weapons.

Trump repeated his pledge to unilaterally do away with bump stocks — devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire like automatic weapons — which he said would give lawmakers one less issue to worry about.

In the wake of this weekend's deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) proposed a ban on the «bump stock,» a device that makes semiautomatic weapons function like automatic ones, which are generally banned in the United States.

At least one of the weapons in the photographs appears to have been modified with a «bump stock,» a device that allows a semiautomatic rifle to fire rounds faster, at a rate similar to a fully automatic weapon.

And if you think the Branch Dividians had it coming, I suggest you research their history; no less than 3 times before they had been arrested PEACEFULLY for having automatic weapons and 3 times the courts found them legal and ordered them returned to the BD's.

But as I have noted, the actual face of recent warfare differs markedly from this, as it involves civil wars, uses of force by non-state actors, and massive harm to the innocent not from the use of horrific weapons but because they are made the direct targets of weapons ranging from knives to automatic rifles to suicide bombs.

You people are very misinformed, only police, military and a very select few class 3 ATF licensed gun dealers can have automatic assault rifles, and the horrible terrible people at the NRA spend millions a year teaching gun safety, gun responsibility, gun training and promote legal gun ownership, a gun is a firearm, a tool that only becomes a weapon when the one holding it intends to harm another, until then it's a gun.

What was it... a year ago or so, where we had 500 or so militia men out in the woods of Michigan training with automatic weapons and spouting from the Bible, and especially the book of revelations.

Do you think that people need to have access to all kinds of automatic weapons and unlimited amount of ammunition because some of them like to hunt?

The semi automatic weapons that have a few cosmetics added on to them are not assault weapons.

Not one massacre has been by automatic weapons since they were regulated in 1934 When was the last time an automatic weapon was used in a massacre?

Abdur - Rahkman: The coaches had automatic weapons.

Lanza is the Senate sponsor of a bill released the week of the Las Vegas shooting that would ban so - called «bump» stocks and other devices that when attached to a semiautomatic weapon mimic automatic fire.

Two Democratic state senators want a law that specifically outlaws the possession or sale of so - called «bump» stocks that can modify a weapon to have it imitate an automatic rife — the use of which are already banned in New York.

Investigators had found 12 rifles in Paddock's 32nd - floor hotel room fitted with bump stocks, which modified his semi-automatic weapons to make them automatic ones.

Automatic weapons fire could be heard from outside the luxury 190 - room hotel, where security forces have set up a security cordon, according to witnesses.

Paddock also had a total of 12 bump stocks in his room, which allowed his guns to mimic automatic weapons.

«We still don't have all the facts about this evil psychopath and how he was able to possess an illegal automatic weapon,» said spokeswoman Jessica Proud.

Top congressional Republicans, who have long resisted any limits on guns, signaled they would be open to banning the firearm accessory that the Las Vegas gunman, Stephen Paddock, used to transform his rifles to mimic automatic weapon fire.

If Paddock did not possess such a license, Schroeder added, he would either have to obtain the automatic weapon illegally, or modify a rifle to operate as such, which is also against the law.

The shooting has reignited a national debate over gun control, with particular attention paid to «bump stocks» — devices used to modify semi-automatic rifles to mimic the speed of automatic weapons.

«The fact that fully - automatic weapons are already illegal and this makes another weapon capable [of automatic fire], I would be supportive of that,» Johnson said when asked Wednesday about legislation that would ban bump stocks.

In the meantime lets talk about late term abortion, HIV education, sale of automatic weapons and clubbing baby seals (we don't do that but Canada does and they're practically upstairs from us in NY) All these issues have SO much to do with the Comptrollers office.

«An assortment of weapons has been used in the attacks, including sticks, stones, a sword and in an instance in the Mount Elgon (area), a pistol and two automatic assault rifles,» Amnesty said.

Their critics say the weapons are just the latest in a long line of lethal inventions that have increased man's brutality to man — successors to the Maxim automatic machine gun, the flame thrower, and mustard gas.

Where our guys have handguns, the bad guys have automatic weapons.

As one would expect, it leads to a massive, expertly staged battle that would be silly (the sight of an ape wielding two automatic weapons while riding a horse) if it weren't so tragically avoidable.

South of the border is the tall and imposing Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles, founder of a group called the Autodefensas, which overtakes vulnerable towns with automatic weapons until the citizens have a chance to arm themselves.

Spacey plays Doc with his chilling dead - eyed stare, and even has his own moment of action sporting an automatic weapon during a violent shootout.

Chuck will also have a new special attack when using automatic weapons, spraying zombies with a hail of bullets.

If I had to choose a GT car for crossing continents, an Aston Martin Vanquish with its creamy V12, eight - Speed automatic gearbox and supple suspension would be the weapon I'd choose.

Michael Doi, attorney for the government,  has called «pit bulls» the «automatic weapon of the dog world.».

For anyone who has played Duck Hunt on Nintendo all the way up to Doom, Quake or Call of Duty on your computer or console system, the chance to fire a real automatic weapon is something you may have thought about but didn't know how to do.

The Hammerburst has also had a bit of tweaking as it has now returned to being a fully automatic weapon and now comes with iron sights!

Only if I pressed down a little harder than usual would the gun fire like a fully automatic weapon.

Wang's weapons are the Uzi which has quite a fire spread and fires relatively fast, and an automatic shotgun which fires two quick bursts but has a short downtime after the shot.

These are automatic bonus attacks which deal heavy damage over a wide range, having the opportunity to make all your nearby enemies pay for the poor weapon choice of their officer.

Every single gun feels unique, and more than half the weapons are bolt - action or semi-automatic, although 3 of the 4 classes have automatic options obtainable.

This has culminated in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's new assist features, which not only prevent novice players from falling off the edge of the track (something which is already less common as circuits are wider than ever), but also offer automatic acceleration, leaving the player to focus almost entirely on steering and weapon usage.