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Gun Control & RKBA

hack89

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9. Considering the AW "Ban" did no such thing as the sale of semi-automatic rifles skyrocketed

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 28, 2016, 01:58 PM

Sep 2016

the AWB should get no credit at all.

Lets not forget that Adam Lanza's rifle was perfectly legal under the 1994 AWB. It was also perfectly legal under CT's much stricter AWB.

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The FBI just released the murder stats for 2015. [View all] benEzra Sep 2016 OP

Oddly enough, I can carry a gun, but not a stun gun, a baton, a club, as these are too dangerous Midnight Writer Sep 2016 #1

What state do you live in? Some states require a carry license for stun guns. benEzra Sep 2016 #3

Great post as always Ben! virginia mountainman Sep 2016 #2

Hmmm, more inconvenient truths for the "Factose Intolerant" DonP Sep 2016 #4

I join in with my thanks for this data! Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #5

Here's another inconvenient truth about murder rates and the AWB ban of 1994-2004: friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #6

bravo icon jimmy the one Sep 2016 #7

Considering the AW "Ban" did no such thing as the sale of semi-automatic rifles skyrocketed hack89 Sep 2016 #9

The murder rate declined a further 9% *after* the 'ban' was lifted, so your claim is nonsense friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #11

more chicago guns since 2011, mcdonald trumped jimmy the one Sep 2016 #8

Any large city with a lot of drug gangs is by definition a "pro-gun" city hack89 Sep 2016 #10