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In reply to the discussion: Americans Certify Second Amendment, Divided Over Gun Laws [View all]rl6214
(8,142 posts)26. A 1911 is a semi auto
8 shots, .45 acp. General public actually loves this gun as did our soldiers during WW2 but then you knew this since you know how to field strip one blindfolded and throw the parts into the bushes.
Do you have a picture of one strapped to someones body of is this just a cartoon caricature of yourself?
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The gun-control side has purposefully worked to obfuscate what a semi-automatic firearm is.
Atypical Liberal
Jan 2012
#4
Not sure why the numbers seem strange. Gun culture loves semi-autos -- general public not so much.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#6
You and your friends successfully employed arrogance and moral superiority about....
krispos42
Jan 2012
#29
Because it is an important issue. While we do nothing, millions more guns pollute society.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#71
No worries, we've got people like you to protect our precious bodily fluids...
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#73
It's kinda funny. Is it so hard to say "I think Scalia is right and Stevens is wrong".
DanTex
Jan 2012
#48
Ah, there's that self-innoculation again!: "derided and silenced." We know 'bout that license. nt
SteveW
Jan 2012
#81
Don't you have just a *wee* bit of consternation about United States v Jones?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#62
When has an incorporated right, once protected by the SCOTUS, *ever* been reversed?
X_Digger
Jan 2012
#64
When cornered, the pro-gunner will instinctively turn to irrelevant historical sidenotes...
DanTex
Jan 2012
#68
President Obama agrees as well. Does that carry any weight with you?
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2012
#44