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MIpen03

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6. Many Americans support

Reply to tecelote (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2022, 03:31 PM

May 2022

Additional background check requirements, safety training, increased age limits…I would defy anyone to show me a credible poll showing that anything approaching a majority support an outright ban on semiautomatic weapons.

Incidentally, are you mixing up automatic (ie a machine gun) and semiautomatic (ie, one trigger pull, 1 shot discharged)?

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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