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PoindexterOglethorpe

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33. Don't apologize.

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 10:55 PM

Aug 2019

Among the many problems about the gun debate is that the damage done by gunfire is papered over. We never see the actual victims, and quite frankly, we should.

We should also see a lot of follow up stories of the people who are wounded in these events, who struggle for years after to regain their lives. Those who die in the incident are the lucky ones.

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Help me out with weapon terminology please [View all] SHRED Aug 2019 OP

Magazine is correct. Johnny2X2X Aug 2019 #1

Thank you SHRED Aug 2019 #2

It is firearm dependent DVRacer Aug 2019 #3

Add the 303 Enfield GP6971 Aug 2019 #7

Good description. captain queeg Aug 2019 #8

Here's what I'm after SHRED Aug 2019 #10

ignore the terminology Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #39

Magazine is the correct term. n/t GP6971 Aug 2019 #4

Massive destruction Olafjoy Aug 2019 #5

So I carried an M16A1 in Vietnam. The fact that someone can carry something similar in El Paso wasupaloopa Aug 2019 #31

Don't apologize. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #33

Magazine because it contains the springs to push rounds up and can be changed out. NutmegYankee Aug 2019 #6

I prefer to just say, "Look gun-humper, they both feed bullets into the chamber so you can kill Hoyt Aug 2019 #9

++++++++++++ pangaia Aug 2019 #28

NRA babbling points. You must be able to identify an AR-15 hammer spring blind folded brewens Aug 2019 #11

That's what I'm finding SHRED Aug 2019 #13

They say we can't just call them assault rifles because technically, these days those are brewens Aug 2019 #45

Technically, the M-1 Garrand did not meet the definition of an assault rifle. dumbcat Aug 2019 #46

Well I can DVRacer Aug 2019 #14

Sight? Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #34

By sight I meant DVRacer Aug 2019 #36

We may have gone to different schools, but we learned the same stuff Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #38

Generally if you are pushing legislation it is helpful to know what you are talking about-ymmv EX500rider Aug 2019 #15

Magazines have springs in them. DashOneBravo Aug 2019 #12

As useful as it is to short-circuit their objection by just using the correct term from the start, RockRaven Aug 2019 #16

Magazine, but I heard many in the military itsrobert Aug 2019 #17

Terminology means shit to the people killed! GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #18

That's just not true. DVRacer Aug 2019 #22

Boot camp June, 1963 Everyman Jackal Aug 2019 #37

I remember seeing M1 carbines at deer camp as a kid. GulfCoast66 Aug 2019 #42

Sometimes the words really do matter. Sometimes not much. aikoaiko Aug 2019 #19

Reminds me of many discussions of socialism fescuerescue Aug 2019 #41

Well, it is kind of hard to discuss something with another party dumbcat Aug 2019 #47

A lot of gun cultists are trained in obfuscation techniques. BannonsLiver Aug 2019 #48

Gunsplainin' - to distract keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #20

To add to the confusion, when we trained with the M-16 in the Army, Aristus Aug 2019 #21

So to summarize SHRED Aug 2019 #23

Perfectly. Aristus Aug 2019 #25

I wouldn't bring up the ammunition because its popular with hunters... aikoaiko Aug 2019 #29

I read that Beto said today (about these weapons) ChubbyStar Aug 2019 #32

Easy way to remember... MicaelS Aug 2019 #24

Thanks SHRED Aug 2019 #26

Fuck their terminology. Use your own. Don't let them frame the argument. Gunhumpers are terrorists. LonePirate Aug 2019 #27

And don't forget, the killer could've used a hammer klook Aug 2019 #30

It's any semiautomatic rifle. Or handgun, for that matter. sir pball Aug 2019 #35

Haha. Why did you call them out of their cave? MyNameGoesHere Aug 2019 #40

All I am familiar with is... SHRED Aug 2019 #43

It's a distraction from the REAL issue Nac Mac Feegle Aug 2019 #44

A couple of non-gun-guy sources... JHB Aug 2019 #49

Do I need to know every knife blade and style to oppose stabbings? zackymilly Aug 2019 #50

Are knives designed to kill? Is alcohol distilled or cars manufactured to kill? No in each case. George II Aug 2019 #51