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Cyrano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:10 PM
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The "final solution" to American gun ownership.
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 05:13 PM by Cyrano
Okay, here's my suggestion. Let's give every American man, woman and child a Uzi.

My guess is that by the next day, our population will be about half of what it currently is due to road rage alone.

The day after that, it will again be cut in half and so on until there are only a handful of survivors. At that point there will no longer be a gun ownership problem in this country.

Ridiculous? You bet. Would it work? Probably.
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stahbrett Donating Member (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:12 PM
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1. Isn't there a country in Europe that requires gun ownership for all households? (nt)
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sepulveda Donating Member (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:32 PM
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7. kind of
switzerland

not quite every household, but a hell of a lot them - fully automatic rifles, and ammo, at govt. expense

noted that switzerland has VERY low crime rates, violent and otherwise.

also much lower rates than the UK, the USA, etc.

not saying their guns are a CAUSE of the low crime rate, but saying the converse argument is specious
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:12 PM
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2. How many people own guns versus how many crimes are done with guns
:shrug:
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:13 PM
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3. or we can do what Europe does???
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/LSK/111

Can someone explain to me why Americans think we are the 1st ones to ever deal with problems and pretend nobody else has solutions???
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sergeiAK Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:24 PM
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4. Interesting choice of words
I think those who made the Uzi might find it less amusing than I do though.

Personally, I'd love an Uzi. But a PPsH would be better, since 9mm has gotten so expensive as of late.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:26 PM
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5. Not that I wouldn't want a free Uzi, how much would this cost the taxpayers?
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idovoodoo Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:32 PM
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6. What's an Uzi?
...
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:36 PM
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8. machine gun
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idovoodoo Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:39 PM
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9. Then I think it's an excellent idea!
:D
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MaryCeleste Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 06:13 PM
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12. No, its a submachinegun
selective fire in a pistol cartridge
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 06:03 PM
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11. One of these
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MaryCeleste Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 06:15 PM
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13. Only with a short barrel
That is the silly BATF only barrel. The real one is much shorter
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:03 PM
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17. I don't have the SBR paperwork
Not yet anyway. I will when I complete my move to Tennessee. Barrel just screws off. It is made by IMI though, not a Vector.
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michreject Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 05:52 PM
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10. Already have one
Great guns and cheap to feed.:)
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 06:16 PM
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14. lol... awesome
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jmg257 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 06:54 PM
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15. I will gladly take all those Uzis from whoever doesn't want them - just send them to me!
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 06:57 PM by jmg257
If it was M16s or m4s, atleast it would be constitutional - as long as we could just buy our own anyway.

Uzis are fun, just not effective enough.
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jmg257 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:02 PM
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16. Shame to think that half the people in the nation would turn into instant murderers just because you
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 07:06 PM by jmg257
hand them a gun. Very sad.

Then there really is no hope for us, and it just enforces how glad I am that already own guns, and am not waiting for the govt to give them to us.

:scared:
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:04 PM
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18. Why give them Uzi's?
http://www.uzi.com/firearms.html

Why not fucking mines, rocket launchers, machine guns, I mean BIG ass machine guns, hell "nuklear" weapons?


http://www.autoweapons.com/products/products.html

http://www.impactguns.com/store/machineguns.html
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MaryCeleste Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:21 PM
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19. Because they are fairly inexpensive, and cheaper than MP-5s
Also we need to support Israel in both military and economic terms.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:51 PM
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20. Why not napalm, let's make it ugly.
Why are we being so cavalier about killing people? This isn't what we are about here.
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idovoodoo Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 10:55 PM
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21. Well you can make a good approximation of napalm with household chemicals
...it's way long past rocket science.
;-)
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