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HopeAgain

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64. If it can kill a lot of people quickly, then the answer is yes

Reply to Marengo (Reply #60)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:40 PM

Feb 2018

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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

No, that would hurt sales. It would kill the gun nuts' woody. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #7

And sometimes not even that. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #8

Modern sporting rifle has been the industry term for many years jmowreader Feb 2018 #21

Not to worry. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #29

once upon a time Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #34

True story jmowreader Feb 2018 #37

Well, calling it a Sporting Rifle makes the microdick gun nuts think they're athletes. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #25

You've got some weird legislative priorities. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #28

It's weird for you to claim that is my "legislative priority." SunSeeker Feb 2018 #30

Who's defending? Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #31

LOL. Your post is so ironic. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #33

That infringes on my god given rights to play army man ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #3

And many gun people fit that description but some dont. The ones who dont need Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #6

I admit, I have shot at diet coke cans ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #9

Too bad Im not the judge in his brandishing trial jmowreader Feb 2018 #27

If you thumb through the off road magazines, you will find companies that make these mounts ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #44

Congress must past laws that label them. shockey80 Feb 2018 #4

Good luck with that.... Adrahil Feb 2018 #12

Adrahil and Iggo are both correct better Feb 2018 #46

You just gave the terminology-sidestepper-gunfuckers a boner. Iggo Feb 2018 #5

That's...not how it works. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #10

,,,,, Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #11

+100. And those, and similar, rifles can be used for intimidation, not just killing sprees. Hoyt Feb 2018 #13

Gun hicks on the march. Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #16

LMAO. That one made me spit my coffee. Hoyt Feb 2018 #19

Looks more like a waddle to me. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #24

+1000 dchill Feb 2018 #76

So, 400+- dead a year from rifles terrible but 9,000 dead from pistols, meh? EX500rider Feb 2018 #14

Hooray! The score-keepers have arrived! Iggo Feb 2018 #15

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

Gotta ya, you don't care, somehow 300 is worse then 9,000. EX500rider Feb 2018 #26

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

Do you care about the number or the means? Baconator Feb 2018 #67

Are you saying not to ban assault rifles at all edhopper Feb 2018 #18

Sure looks like it from here. Kingofalldems Feb 2018 #20

I am saying if you actually care about how may people die then pistols do all the killing. EX500rider Feb 2018 #23

Nice NRA talking point you got there. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #32

Saying "NRA talking point(s)" is no different than saying "Fake news" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #40

The whataboutism of the talking point is designed to end discussion re ARs. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #42

Well, *do* you want to band handguns as well? If not, banning rifles is mere security theater if... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #45

Man, you guys are persistant, I'll grant you that. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #47

Persistence works. Gun control activists tend to get distracted after a while... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #48

Yes, we have a life and are not obsessed with any one thing. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #49

"(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

You're deflecting from ARs. I won't play that game. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #55

Because the laser focus on a particular model of semi-auto rifles is stupid. EX500rider Feb 2018 #58

Bingo. Straw Man Feb 2018 #62

It's a start. SunSeeker Feb 2018 #65

Yes, getting rid of one model of rifles out of hundreds ought to do wonders... EX500rider Feb 2018 #70

Your concern is duly noted. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #71

accidents equal murder? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #36

I am saying all deaths are tragic and you are just as dead regardless of means. EX500rider Feb 2018 #53

statistics disagree with you Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #54

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

no, didn't forget Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #75

That is straight edhopper Feb 2018 #39

That's why the gun-fucks are so feverishly trying to get us to stop Aristus Feb 2018 #35

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

That is not all. sarah FAILIN Feb 2018 #41

We need to do both. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #43

Gunsplainers come here to South Florida HopeAgain Feb 2018 #52

So that lets out the AR-50? brooklynite Feb 2018 #56

The gun industry wants people to call them "Modern Sporting Rifles" Kaleva Feb 2018 #57

Would that include the United States Magazine Rifle, Caliber .30? Marengo Feb 2018 #60

If it can kill a lot of people quickly, then the answer is yes HopeAgain Feb 2018 #64

Define a lot. The rifle I mentioned in commonly referred to as the Krag, models of 1892-99... Marengo Feb 2018 #68

I get it, it's so complicated HopeAgain Feb 2018 #69

If you want to ban something, details matter friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #74

Children matter HopeAgain Feb 2018 #77

so SICK of the gun humping apologist cowards Skittles Feb 2018 #61

+1 SunSeeker Feb 2018 #66

K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #78