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Gun people not liking this tweet: [View all] Kingofalldems Feb 2018 OP
Gumpers are 'triggered' by facts like this. National Russian Association to send more money uponit7771 Feb 2018 #1
Listening to radio today and a gun person called in to politely Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #2
Thats ridiculous liberal_patriot_md Feb 2018 #15
True azureblue Feb 2018 #63
Weapons of war should be illegal to own. onit2day Feb 2018 #72
I own several original oneshooter Feb 2018 #74
You feel that your muskets are relevant to war today? quakerboy Feb 2018 #77
A direct quote "Weapons of war should be illegal to own." oneshooter Feb 2018 #82
If your PS4 or Xbox was shown to cause cancer, would you stop playing it? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #101
Would not bother me at all oneshooter Feb 2018 #103
If my "hobby" killed as many people as the gun hobby does, I would give it up Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #104
To each his own. oneshooter Feb 2018 #105
So you dont care that your hobby kills people? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #106
My hobby kills no one. Are you saying that I kill people? oneshooter Feb 2018 #107
You know I didnt say that, now dont you. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #109
So what is your hobby. oneshooter Feb 2018 #112
I guess they assumed that you were intelegent enough to comprehend quakerboy Feb 2018 #116
Technically a revolver is semi-auto VMA131Marine Feb 2018 #102
Cue the ammosexuals: it's not am assault weapon!! underpants Feb 2018 #3
It makes them feel important to show off all their knowledge of gun nuttery. llmart Feb 2018 #6
Well in the military the enemy shoots back. wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #26
You said it all! Thank you! Sophia4 Feb 2018 #36
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #60
Thank you! potone Feb 2018 #70
+1 Hekate Feb 2018 #117
The weak ones have already shown up XRubicon Feb 2018 #13
Actually the headline is correct for once. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #73
It's like listening to a pedophile explaining that we can't regulate sex ThoughtCriminal Feb 2018 #100
Gun owners should be held on the same level as pedophiles samir.g Feb 2018 #108
What "assault rifles" were banned? oneshooter Feb 2018 #4
It's on wikipedia Progressive dog Feb 2018 #5
Features were banned. Gun makers removed those features NickB79 Feb 2018 #20
So what, there was a ban and it was Constitutional to Progressive dog Feb 2018 #62
Like I said, they banned features, not guns NickB79 Feb 2018 #80
Don't try to convince me, muskets are guns too Progressive dog Feb 2018 #83
Head on back to NRA.com XRubicon Feb 2018 #12
Not interested in the smoke screens and obfuscations. yardwork Feb 2018 #16
Yay! The terminology sidetrack! Iggo Feb 2018 #17
"Teh Flash Suppressor Wargle Bargle Clip-Fed Bwaahhggh Receiversafetytriggerguard Guuhhhh!!!" hatrack Feb 2018 #25
So NO rifles were "banned" only certain features of said rifles. oneshooter Feb 2018 #34
Wait 'til someone refers to a clip as a magazine. Iggo Feb 2018 #38
You gumpers are too cute by half with the old tech terminology dodge. mac56 Feb 2018 #79
Do you want good laws or not? NickB79 Feb 2018 #81
minngal marieo1 Feb 2018 #7
Maybe, but I'd have to see how the data was collected aikoaiko Feb 2018 #8
Calm down. nt USALiberal Feb 2018 #10
Could be true. XRubicon Feb 2018 #18
Adam Lanza used a legal weapon. GREAT argument for making it illegal. american_ideals Feb 2018 #42
It was a legal AR with a useless Assault Weapons Ban in place. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #48
A REAL Assault Weapon Ban. One that works. Without loopholes. It's not hard. american_ideals Feb 2018 #97
Its harder than you think unless you're willing to lose the fudds and target shooters aikoaiko Feb 2018 #98
Allow single shot weapons. Ban the rest. I've been a hunter and grew up with hunters. american_ideals Feb 2018 #115
Too bad you didnt voluntarily comply with intent of the law to keep gun-strokers from Hoyt Feb 2018 #46
I bought rifles that were perfectly in line with the intent of the law. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #49
Confederate flags, voting for trump, being a racist, and worse is perfectly legal. Hoyt Feb 2018 #51
Too bad you didnt voluntarily comply with the intent of the law not to commit robbery... Marengo Feb 2018 #66
There you go again. My response is to stupid gunners who claimed when a robber locks the door, Hoyt Feb 2018 #86
You admitted to committing the crime of robbery and have the audacity to admonish others for... Marengo Feb 2018 #87
No I did not. You are too stupid to get it, and a gun-apologist to boot who probably chewed too many Hoyt Feb 2018 #88
Yes, you did. You described yourself as a former robber in the post I linked. Unless your arguing.. Marengo Feb 2018 #90
Again, you read pointing at, and mouthing, each word. You gun losers Hoyt Feb 2018 #91
None of this is relevant to the point that as an admitted criminal, you shouldnt be admonishing... Marengo Feb 2018 #92
You can't markbark Feb 2018 #64
The data I'm referring to is in a book referenced in the article aikoaiko Feb 2018 #65
How about we quit arguing over nomenclature. Stonepounder Feb 2018 #9
Yes! kag Feb 2018 #24
All deer rounds are armor piercing by default NickB79 Feb 2018 #28
Hunting is not a sacred right samir.g Feb 2018 #111
How about having possessionof owning or selling hte guns and armor you describe Sophia4 Feb 2018 #37
How about: handgun ban. Semiauto ban. Single-shot weapons legal. Much like Canada. american_ideals Feb 2018 #41
Exactly. Theres little difference between a magazine or clip. They both feed ammo Hoyt Feb 2018 #47
not quite. clips feed ammo into magazines and magazines... aikoaiko Feb 2018 #50
Feeds ammo so gun-humpers can get their jollies. The nomenclature game, is gun-stroking BS. Hoyt Feb 2018 #52
The World War Two M 1. feed a clip into the weapon. No magazine. pwb Feb 2018 #56
I believe they consider the space in which the Garand's clip is inserted, aikoaiko Feb 2018 #58
And Garands are not "assault rifles". n/t oneshooter Feb 2018 #75
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #54
This. XRubicon Feb 2018 #11
Is this on the Twitter? XRubicon Feb 2018 #14
Thank you for this post oberliner Feb 2018 #19
I like seeing the subject at the top of GD... XRubicon Feb 2018 #22
Hunting rifles, shotguns and revolving handguns....thats it. roamer65 Feb 2018 #21
Yes, exactly. Single-shot only. All else banned. american_ideals Feb 2018 #43
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #55
:) american_ideals Feb 2018 #96
The magazine ban made the difference, IMO NickB79 Feb 2018 #23
AR-15 production and sales increased steadily during the AWB hack89 Feb 2018 #27
As Bushmaster -- manufacturer whose rifle killed kids at Sandy Hook -- identified long ago, Hoyt Feb 2018 #29
Insecurity and compensation. Gun owners who love guns are lame losers. american_ideals Feb 2018 #44
Do all gun owners have small penises, or just those who have certain types of guns? Marengo Feb 2018 #67
The gun owners that REALLY REALLY LOVE guns american_ideals Feb 2018 #95
Is this proven by scientific data analysis? Marengo Feb 2018 #110
Here are 8 kids killed at Sandy Hook with an assault rifle. american_ideals Feb 2018 #114
I asked you to provide some sort of evidence to back your claim of a relation between penis size Marengo Feb 2018 #118
Free clue, per Clinton's DOJ, more AR-15's were sold DURING the ban than after. X_Digger Feb 2018 #30
Impressive... XRubicon Feb 2018 #32
Heres your NRA. Found this while searching for their address Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #40
Wake up America. Don't be ruled by fools. oasis Feb 2018 #31
I made a chart to demonstrate this fact berni_mccoy Feb 2018 #33
Gun people don't like this either... mwooldri Feb 2018 #35
HEY! YOU! STOP WITH THE F#$&@%# Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #39
UK: Handguns banned. Canada: handguns banned. Both: low gun deaths. Yes, seems like a pattern. american_ideals Feb 2018 #45
Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban! poli-junkie Feb 2018 #53
The AWB elevated prices somewhat, but did not affect availability clayton72 Feb 2018 #57
Agreed hueymahl Feb 2018 #61
Doubt that'll fly clayton72 Feb 2018 #69
It almost certainly is constitutionally defensible hueymahl Feb 2018 #76
Not with this SCOTUS clayton72 Feb 2018 #93
True that. NT hueymahl Feb 2018 #94
And that is why I just retweeted it. Neema Feb 2018 #59
Hey it's ok to let north korea get nukes cause nukes dont kill people , people kill people Fullduplexxx Feb 2018 #68
Bringing the ban back will help even if people are allowed to keep what the already have. brewens Feb 2018 #71
There's a really simple solution to this... GregW Feb 2018 #78
You nut, you! Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #84
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #89
The government will have to pay for the buyback hack89 Feb 2018 #99
Would that include bolt action rifles chambered for .223? Marengo Feb 2018 #113
Gun-crazies hate everything that doesn't boil down to GUNS GOOD - CONTROL BAD! Aristus Feb 2018 #85
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