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aikoaiko

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16. Right, an AWB is low on my list of expected efficacy, too.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #12)

Sun Mar 4, 2018, 06:59 PM

Mar 2018

One of my biggest problems with each and every push for an AWB is that they fuel and justify the RKBA advocates' claims that they are coming for your guns and that causes massive pushback on every proposed gun restriction.

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Right, an AWB is low on my list of expected efficacy, too. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #16

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