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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:36 PM Jan 2013

Thom Hartmann: Should citizens have the same weapons as the military?

So, by extension, the NRA's solution to too much gun violence in America is to increase the number of armed people. Especially in our schools. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

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Thom Hartmann: Should citizens have the same weapons as the military? (Original Post) thomhartmann Jan 2013 OP

The NRA wants to make sure people have the same stuff as criminals jberryhill Jan 2013 #1

Our military's infantry have full-auto weapons. Less than 200K American civilian have these. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #2

jberryhill

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1. The NRA wants to make sure people have the same stuff as criminals

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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:39 PM

Jan 2013

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

2. Our military's infantry have full-auto weapons. Less than 200K American civilian have these.

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 05:06 PM

Jan 2013

And these weapons are highly regulated and grand-fathered.

If Hartmann is speaking of semi-auto weapons, these are not the front-line infantry weapons of our military, and haven't been for 50 years.

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