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Amishman

(5,555 posts)

12. This, single shot is too far

Reply to Calculating (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 10:32 AM

Sep 2019

Self defense is a legitimate reason to own a gun, especially in places where police response times are 30-60 minutes.

That being said, magazine restrictions wouldn't interfere with self defense - especially for rifles (which aren't as suited for self defense anyway)

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Odessa shooter had a hand grenade in his car. [View all] underpants Sep 2019 OP

All guns other than single shot , shot guns and maybe very specific hunting MUST GO Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #1

We don't have to go to that extreme to reduce gun violence. aikoaiko Sep 2019 #4

Not reasonable Calculating Sep 2019 #8

Dead? Deer are shooting back now? I know you dont hunt deer with a shotgun but Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #10

Home defense Calculating Sep 2019 #11

You do hunt deer with a shotgun NickB79 Sep 2019 #13

This, single shot is too far Amishman Sep 2019 #12

Ban the ammo uponit7771 Sep 2019 #16

I thew them in Vietnam. There needs to be a group for wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #2

He was on his way to go inside the theater... kentuck Sep 2019 #3

That would have been bad if it was real wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #5

I suspect he was, from the first, on his way to commit mass murder, and that's why tblue37 Sep 2019 #6

I suspect he was actually pulled over because his workplace notified the authorities. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #14

Yeah I was amazed by the power underpants Sep 2019 #7

To pass trading test you had to throw them 25 meters wasupaloopa Sep 2019 #9

Exactly !!! The AR-15 is a ****MASS KILL DEVICE*** just like a grenade uponit7771 Sep 2019 #15