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Aristus

(66,096 posts)
1. I'm pretty sure it would, since re-loading time is always a gun crazy's most vulnerable time.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 02:36 PM
Sep 2019

But they call them gun-crazies for a reason, so don't expect any effective legislation on the subject any time soon.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
2. I still say price bullets at $10 apiece.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 02:46 PM
Sep 2019

Make stockpiling ammo fucking expensive.

Also if it costs two tanks of gas to empty a clip, people will think about every random shot.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
5. Love Chris Rock.
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 04:36 PM
Sep 2019

And he's joking of course, but seriously - an amount like $10 means a gun owner can afford to load the six-shooter they use for protecting their home no problem, maybe keep some spare rounds in a drawer, but if they want to shoot gazillions of rounds either for fun or for murder, they also have to spend gazillions of dollars. It's also immune from those who say "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - if outlaws can't afford the bullets, they won't be shooting those useless guns.

Citizens may have the "right to bear arms" but they have no specific right to horde ammunition at discount prices.

alwaysinasnit

(5,037 posts)
6. Yeah. Bullet control sounds a lot more feasible. And as an aside, the whole business of the
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 04:47 PM
Sep 2019

"right to bear arms" is a fallacy IMHO. It amazes me how the first half of the 2nd Amendment is totally ignored or just disregarded.

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. Anything like that would help. I'd prefer banning AR15s, etc., or requiring them to be retrofitted
Wed Sep 4, 2019, 03:16 PM
Sep 2019

with 5 round fixed magazines. That will help eliminate rapid reloading/killing, AND make gunners feel a little less bold. After all, that’s the main appeal to these rifles, no matter what gunners say.

 

MartinLane

(37 posts)
10. I think you're misjudging people in general
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 09:28 PM
Sep 2019

Anyone who takes the trouble to own something they don't plan on abusing is not going to be happy about giving it up.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. Maybe they should have picked something else to covet and promote.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 09:42 PM
Sep 2019

Gun marketeers know their market and aimed this ad -- for the style rifle that killed innocent kids at Sandy Hook -- at the typical buyer.

?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale

 

MartinLane

(37 posts)
12. Huh
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:35 PM
Sep 2019

I remember seeing that ad and thinking it was the most stupid thing ever related to guns. Why did it work on you?

Keep in mind that women also buy and shoot these guns. I am a precision shooting coach. I know that girls normally outperform the boys when they are novice shooters. If you talk about a man card to them, they will most likely laugh in your face.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. Not into lethal weapons, Martin. Shot a lot when younger, but grew up and noted
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 12:14 AM
Sep 2019

the losers, racists, those trying to bolster their self-esteem, and worse, at the ranges, gun stores, etc.

Not interested in gun apologists who help prolong this problem in our society.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
16. The merchants of death will accept no restrictions on their ability to make money
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 01:20 PM
Dec 2019

by selling violence as a response to fear.

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