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In reply to the discussion: "There were at least 6 weapons to choose from immediately at hand. The fact that he didn't take [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)61. Tell it, ED! Can I get an "AMEN" on that?
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"There were at least 6 weapons to choose from immediately at hand. The fact that he didn't take [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
OP
It certainly seems to have compensated for his shitty trigger discipline.
Jester Messiah
Dec 2012
#3
a disturbed person, a gun loving mother, any med side effects? his exposure to todays gun games.
Sunlei
Dec 2012
#159
The people who post gun porn youtube videos aren't the people who shoot up schools and malls
Recursion
Dec 2012
#25
It won't. Only NRA gun-humpers have that idiotic notion. Fucking idiots one and all.
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#158
No "shooters" prefer the modern grips/stocks because they look/feel more lethal than already lethal
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#34
Lanza grew up with guns as well. Not criticizing that, but it is what needs to be changed.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#50
Yep, just the old Charles Atlas stuff -- buy this gun and you can stand your ground.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#97
Yes, people do. The AWB has greater support than a ban on all semi-automatics
Recursion
Dec 2012
#138
Bet that 'rattle-snake rifle' didn't look or function anything like an AR15 or it's imitations.
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#40
Quite right: CT should have far tougher restrictions than it currently does
alcibiades_mystery
Dec 2012
#19
It's not that assault weapons bans are watered down, it's that they're just silly
Recursion
Dec 2012
#24
"Boosting their egos"? Really? You think that not wanting to see murdered kids is about ego?
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#87
Ban one type of high-capacity firearm, and if there is another type available, that type will take
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#112
You do know CT has an assault weapons ban, right? And that the Bushmaster was legal under it?
Recursion
Dec 2012
#68
We seem to have reached a tipping point of equating "assault weapon" with "semi-automatic"
Recursion
Dec 2012
#56
Excellent point...and start by bringing the 2nd Amendment into the 21st Century!.
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#49
I'd have to look at the actual bolt to know for sure, but nothing you can see would affect...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#90
Right. As a political matter we were capable of banning the black ones back in 94
Recursion
Dec 2012
#98
Your post is a good example of the kind of distraction and intimidation I'm talking about.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#106
Dude, I've been talking about banning semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines
Recursion
Dec 2012
#157
Same goes for gun porn: "I can't talk in detail about it, but I know it when I see it."
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#124
Please post his response if you receive one. I will be interested to hear what he says.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#140
A person shall be put to death quickly if convicted of a crime while in possession of a firearm.
MrYikes
Dec 2012
#63
How absurd. Your ridiculous threat means nothing to a man intent on suicide, as most rampage
Dems to Win
Dec 2012
#152
Mass-marketing this lethal crap to the deranged gun humpers is Wal-Mart's retail wet-dream...
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#83
With more and more folks walking around with a handgun strapped to their bodies, they need to be
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#99
Fine, take a thorough inventory of the nasty netherworld of lethal firepower
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#133
WTH, were they all just laying out on the coffee table for him to look over
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#153