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I love how this is OMG GUN but you’re welcome to open carry in parts of the RNC. The only issue is the kid was carrying concealed and didn’t have a permit.
Also, love the “empty bags used for carrying marijuana”. Like say “bags with marijuana residue” or something like that. They way they’ve phrased it, Walmart carries this with their garbage bags, with the name “Ziploc” on them.
“empty bags used for carrying marijuana”.
Reminds me of this BS.
Even someone with warrants is innocent.
The fuck is an AK-47 pistol
Technically? An AK-47 with a barrel length less than 16" and no shoulder stock.
TIL they only have a 16.3" barrel. Neat.
It can vary, up to 24". 16.3" is just a common length to meet US regulations with a little bit of leeway.
No stock means no rifle. You can have a pistol with a 24" barrel.
Where shit gets inane is a 16.5" gun with no stock is a pistol, but add a vertical foregrip, and it becomes an "any other weapon", which requires a tax stamp. If the foregrip is angled, pistol. Add a brace(not technically legally a stock, due to perception and not intent) to either firearm, and it becomes an short barreled rifle if the barrel and chamber plus permanent barrel accessory(non removed flash mitigation or blast direction) is under 16.5"(basically defeated in court, but still enforceable).
Shotgun caliber with no rifling? AOW. Barrel under 16.5 with no stock, but rifled? Pistol
Buy a receiver(legalally the "firearm", incapable of harm except via blugeoning) as a "firearm" and it can become a "pistol" or "firearm" and then a "rifle" and back, but you can't make it a "rifle" and then a "pistol" or "firearm" without a tax stamp.
Suppressor meant as a safety device and in no way allows you to fire a gunshot in a crowded area and doesn't sound like a mouse fart like the movies? $200 and months of waiting. In Europe a suppressed firearm is considered polite and regulated as an accessory with less hurdles than buying a new stock.
The gun laws make no sense to anybody on either side, they are bubblegum, paperclips, and string fixes for illogical laws written out of fear of bootlegger gangsters over 100 years ago with financial hurdles that lag behind inflation by over 10 fold.
But guns are supposed to be allowed, right? They LOVE guns there!
so most republicans don't do concealed carry. is it all just lip service on the gun thing? do as I say not what I do?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A man arrested on Monday close to the venue of the Republican national convention in Milwaukee had a concealed AK-47 pistol, a fully loaded rifle magazine, a flashlight and black gloves, and a mask from the slasher movie Scream inside his backpack, a court document has revealed.
That same day Donald Trump made his first public appearance at the convention following the attempt on his life by a gunman in Pennsylvania.
Tinsley was wearing a ski mask and black gloves, and carrying a large backpack which hung low at his waist, suggesting to law enforcement officers that it was heavy.
The court document, a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday by the Milwaukee county district attorney’s office, disclosed other items in the backpack.
The unusual sight has become a visual meme, with many delegates to the convention wearing mocked-up ear bandages in a display of sympathy.
On Tuesday, a man said to be holding two knives, was shot and killed by police about a mile from the convention center.
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You need a permit to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin, TIL.