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In reply to the discussion: This is what Australia did to its guns [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)31. It is used, along with semi-auto pistols (VT), a pump shotgun (Navy Yard) and an accumulation of
Black Cat firecracker powder (Boston). When the Colorado theater shooter's gun with the super duper magazine jammed, he used a shotgun. In my collection I have a semi-auto rifle dating to 1905 which works well; yet it would not fall under the rubric of "assault weapon." And virtually all the routine murders in Chicago, Baltimore, etc. are done with handguns. Banning the gun de jure is a fool's errand. There are many other types which can do the murderous job. Or a bomb.
Yet another (ineffective) assault weapon ban would be as meaningless as the first one.
In answer to your question: There is no way to stop all mass murders; the methodology is demonstrably of no relevance to a killer.
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LOTS and lots of shotguns in that pic, and a few SKSs, a few .22s...seem to be all sporting arms. nt
jmg257
Jun 2016
#4
There aren't many, snooper. I'm sure you had to look hard to find those. Fact is, gunz as we know
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#65
nope, not really, didn't look for any Mexican Americans of course they open carry all over too
snooper2
Jun 2016
#66
The AR and some AK platform Semi-Auto accoutrements were banned. Sans accoutrements, No.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#36
Thanks for asking despite resorting to an attack on my intelligence to begin with.
Laha
Jun 2016
#26
It is used, along with semi-auto pistols (VT), a pump shotgun (Navy Yard) and an accumulation of
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#31