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leftieNanner

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2. The NRA is a cover institution

Reply to tecelote (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2022, 01:48 PM

May 2022

So we rage at them and leave the true culprits - gun manufacturers - hiding in the shadows.

You are correct. No civilian needs a semi-automatic weapon of war.

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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