Here is the American values and the Constitution, which allows for diversity of opinion. The difference between these two weapons, this has a collapsible stock. It can be hidden in a small bag, easier to walk into McDonald's or a bank; it provides also a pistol grip which makes it a lot easier to hold the weapon down while shooting it fast, and an extended magazine gives you a much larger capacity for bullets, which means if you walk into McDonald's or some other place, if you have some crazy nut, he is going to be able to kill more people with this gun than with this gun.
Wayne Gilchrest: “Here is the American values and the Constitution, which allows for diversity of opinion. The difference between these…”
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Discussing the differences between firearms in relation to public safety.
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