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ProgressiveProfessor

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8. What part of shown to be unsafe in Gov studies did you not understand?

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:28 PM

Apr 2013

Or where I said I have no problem with them if they are safe?

There are no means in place to trace powder sales today and the effort to do so is untenable. Look at the failure of CA's effort to track ammunition sales

Microstamping, smart guns, and other touted magic solutions are not yet proven or even reliable. When they are, they should be considered. Until then they are phony strawmen at best.

Clearly your assumptions about me are wrong. How about clearing up a question about you...are you allowed to own firearms?

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NRA Turbineguy Apr 2013 #1

That is mostly hyperbole from MSNBC/Kos ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #2

Who cares how easy it is to make black powder? Most outgrew wanting to blowup or shoot stuff Hoyt Apr 2013 #3

The efficacy of taggants is very limited. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #4

5% efficacy is better than none. As usual, you sound more like a gun cultist than a "professor" or a Hoyt Apr 2013 #5

Again, you ignore the basics and underlying tech ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #6

But it is useful, unless you have something to hide. Hoyt Apr 2013 #7

What part of shown to be unsafe in Gov studies did you not understand? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #8

You guys will never accept anything that might tie a gun used in a crime to you. Hoyt Apr 2013 #9

Laughable considering what I used to do ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #10

FBI disagrees. If they were dangerous, safer taggants could be developed except for Hoyt Apr 2013 #11

Did you look at the Nat Acad of Science report? ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #12