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And just when we were allowed to start talking about weapons genxlib Apr 2018 #1
Don't forget, before we can have any opinion on these weapons we must be able to define every wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #2
Uh yup JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #3
I just tell them to get on board now with sane gun laws before we hit you with insane ones. Iggo Apr 2018 #28
+ 1,000 Canoe52 Apr 2018 #30
Hyperbole is not your friend. Straw Man Apr 2018 #15
If I use that word in a sentence 5 times is it mine? wasupaloopa Apr 2018 #58
I'm sure that "legitimate sport" can be had with an AR-15. Orsino Apr 2018 #4
The term "AR-15" is like the term "Xerox" Kaleva Apr 2018 #5
I'm referring to all assault weapons HopeAgain Apr 2018 #6
Here we go again ... Straw Man Apr 2018 #8
Guns with the ability to hold large amounts of ammunition and fire rapidly HopeAgain Apr 2018 #11
Please define "large amounts" and "rapidly." Straw Man Apr 2018 #14
I don't pass legislation HopeAgain Apr 2018 #32
So you don't know what you want. Straw Man Apr 2018 #36
Countries with gun control have less gun violence HopeAgain Apr 2018 #39
Oh, c'mon. How broad is your brush? Straw Man Apr 2018 #41
That's what we elect our politicians to do. HopeAgain Apr 2018 #17
Do you want to ban bump stocks? Now we're getting somewhere. Straw Man Apr 2018 #21
So you don't want to ban any guns, why not say that instead of gunsplaining? HopeAgain Apr 2018 #27
I'm not. Straw Man Apr 2018 #33
Bump stocks aren't guns HopeAgain Apr 2018 #34
So no detachable magazines? Straw Man Apr 2018 #38
Why not? What do you need them for? HopeAgain Apr 2018 #40
How about self-defense? Straw Man Apr 2018 #42
I've never felt the need to take care of myself that way. HopeAgain Apr 2018 #46
So you want to deny everyone else the opportunity? Straw Man Apr 2018 #48
I can't eliminate all risks and that risk is only getting greater HopeAgain Apr 2018 #52
If it saves only one life ... Straw Man Apr 2018 #54
So while you are waiting to save one life... HopeAgain Apr 2018 #56
One life? Or 116,000 lives, or 2.5 million lives? Straw Man Apr 2018 #59
That is not what the study says HopeAgain Apr 2018 #60
It's all hypothetical. Straw Man Apr 2018 #62
Save it, OK. Not now, please. MineralMan Apr 2018 #35
Not now? Why not? Straw Man Apr 2018 #49
I'm not collecting points. MineralMan Apr 2018 #50
I didn't start this thread. Straw Man Apr 2018 #55
Several years ago, I proposed a way to define what an assault weapon is. Kaleva Apr 2018 #10
The answer to your original question is 44 minutes. Iggo Apr 2018 #29
Ok, ban any damned thing that can fire more than 3 bullets in five seconds. Blue_true Apr 2018 #20
The old single-action revolvers ... Straw Man Apr 2018 #31
Oh spare me on how many sacrifices gunners have made. Blue_true Apr 2018 #45
Nice rant. Now, addressing the issue ... Straw Man Apr 2018 #47
I am done. Blue_true Apr 2018 #51
OK, thanks for the clarity. Straw Man Apr 2018 #53
But somehow the State of California has managed to define things pretty well. The_Casual_Observer Apr 2018 #57
And yet one can still legally buy AR-15 style rifles in California Kaleva Apr 2018 #61
How well? I see a welter of confusion and arbitrary nonsense. Straw Man Apr 2018 #63
I don't ususally respond to crackpots The_Casual_Observer Apr 2018 #66
And I don't usually respond ... Straw Man Apr 2018 #68
I don't see this AR-15 style rifle on the list Kaleva Apr 2018 #64
Yes, we have. Straw Man Apr 2018 #7
See post two above HopeAgain Apr 2018 #9
Already saw it. Straw Man Apr 2018 #12
That's merely one of many reasons... and one ain't 'only' LanternWaste Apr 2018 #19
It's the only reason I've seen invoked in this forum. Straw Man Apr 2018 #24
It shatters the myth that we need to arm everyone. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #22
Never seen that one, myself. Straw Man Apr 2018 #25
watch sales increase....that's america spanone Apr 2018 #13
They've usually started to weigh in by now EffieBlack Apr 2018 #16
See above HopeAgain Apr 2018 #18
The "definers" have already shown up. nt. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #23
Despite the "it's only a matter of time" well-poisoning. Straw Man Apr 2018 #26
Dana Loesch will be telling us that it's all our fault by this evening... Blue_Tires Apr 2018 #37
For the defininsists out there. Canoe52 Apr 2018 #43
Have you seen Twitter lately? Initech Apr 2018 #44
6 in 10 Americans are billh58 Apr 2018 #65
This sounds like a call out to the cave mushrooms. MyNameGoesHere Apr 2018 #67
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