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hack89

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11. You don't realize the irony in your post

Reply to deathrind (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 27, 2015, 08:23 PM

Nov 2015

nothing you listed would have stopped Sandy Hook. CT had an AWB - the rifle was not legally an assault weapon. It was registered. It was locked up. Nancy Lanza was well trained. She passed a background check.

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On the events unfolding in Colorado Springs right now.... [View all] tgards79 Nov 2015 OP

I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you. niyad Nov 2015 #1

If 20 kids getting shot at Sandy Hook didn't do it, I don't know what will. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #2

amen. i still can't process that one. how could we not....? spanone Nov 2015 #5

yes - at that time i thought "now they have to do something" LiberalElite Nov 2015 #9

They're trying their hardest to ban abortion. valerief Nov 2015 #3

What "act" should our elected officials perform to keep guns away from crazy people? nt jonno99 Nov 2015 #4

Yeah, that horse left the barn a long time ago. Even if you made gun ownership illeagle OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2015 #7

Can we start with background checks? tgards79 Nov 2015 #21

Nothing. They never will. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2015 #6

"Act" is about as broad a term as you can use. What do you propose? Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #8

Nothing will ever happen on... deathrind Nov 2015 #10

You don't realize the irony in your post hack89 Nov 2015 #11

Oh great! tgards79 Nov 2015 #13

I didn't say that hack89 Nov 2015 #16

So... deathrind Nov 2015 #14

Never said that hack89 Nov 2015 #17

Fair enough. deathrind Nov 2015 #19

There are literally hundreds of millions of high cap mags in America hack89 Nov 2015 #20

I wonder what laws could be passed that would Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #12

Let's give it a shot and find out tgards79 Nov 2015 #15

Give what a shot? Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #18