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tecelote

(5,156 posts) Fri May 27, 2022, 01:46 PM May 2022

Nobody NEEDS an automatic weapon. [View all]

Especially military-style weapons.

Most gun owners agree. It's a small sub-section of gun owners that scare the rest with "they're coming for our guns".

The NRA has around 5 million members vs. 335 million Americans.

Most Americans want a ban on semi-automatic guns. But...

Money in politics - the real problem. Our leaders care more about donations than our children.

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Nobody NEEDS an automatic weapon. [View all] tecelote May 2022 OP

Especially since there is no actual right to have one outside of... Eliot Rosewater May 2022 #1

The NRA is a cover institution leftieNanner May 2022 #2

the "they're coming for our guns" people ShepKat May 2022 #3

not that it matters but CrackityJones75 May 2022 #4

"Most Americans want a ban on semi automatic guns" ? MichMan May 2022 #5

Many Americans support MIpen03 May 2022 #6

Since automatic firearms are already essentially illegal, the OP is clearly referring to semi auto. MichMan May 2022 #7

Do you mean semi-automatic? roamer65 May 2022 #8

No one, outside of the military, needs a weapon of war, period. Spazito May 2022 #9