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In reply to the discussion: Any weapon that has the words military, assault, attached to it must be banned. [View all]HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)52. Gunsplainers come here to South Florida
and tell the parents of the dead children all about armaments and all about why we cannot. People who don't want a solution can't find one.
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Any weapon that has the words military, assault, attached to it must be banned. [View all]
shockey80
Feb 2018
OP
Only certain police officers should have them and never as personal weapons. nt
Blue_true
Feb 2018
#1
All that would accomplish would be the manufacturers changing the name.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2018
#2
Well, calling it a Sporting Rifle makes the microdick gun nuts think they're athletes.
SunSeeker
Feb 2018
#25
And many gun people fit that description but some dont. The ones who dont need
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2018
#6
If you thumb through the off road magazines, you will find companies that make these mounts
ProudLib72
Feb 2018
#44
+100. And those, and similar, rifles can be used for intimidation, not just killing sprees.
Hoyt
Feb 2018
#13
So, 400+- dead a year from rifles terrible but 9,000 dead from pistols, meh?
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#14
Trying to ban rifles won't budge the much larger number if anyone actually cares.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#17
Those people are dead. They're not coming back. Absolutely nothing will change that number downward.
Iggo
Feb 2018
#22
Figuring out what does the most damage is more common sense then "keeping score"
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#51
A larger number of people were murdered with knives or other cutting instruments than with rifles...
Marengo
Feb 2018
#59
I am saying if you actually care about how may people die then pistols do all the killing.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#23
Saying "NRA talking point(s)" is no different than saying "Fake news"
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#40
Well, *do* you want to band handguns as well? If not, banning rifles is mere security theater if...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#45
Persistence works. Gun control activists tend to get distracted after a while...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#48
"(T)here are a lot more of us than there are of them" *They* vote like clockwork, and...
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#72
So it's a NRA talking point that pistols do 97% of the killing or just the truth?
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#50
Because the laser focus on a particular model of semi-auto rifles is stupid.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#58
Yes, getting rid of one model of rifles out of hundreds ought to do wonders...
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#70
I am saying all deaths are tragic and you are just as dead regardless of means.
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#53
Which country outlawed semi-auto rifles of a certain type and not pistols and moved their rate?
EX500rider
Feb 2018
#63
You forgot a couple paragraphs from the article cited at that link. By accident, I'm sure:
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2018
#73
If it's not a complete ban, you're going to have to get technical at some point
Pope George Ringo II
Feb 2018
#38