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Meowmee

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55. Because they make too much money

Fri May 27, 2022, 08:30 PM

May 2022

Selling ar 15 etc to crazy people like this shooter. Ultimately it is all about the profits gun manufacturers, sellers and lobbyists/ politicians make off of marketing them to young males mostly. The sales/ profits jumped tremendously when they started that.

Check out the successful suit by Sandy Hook family victims and their lawyer. Unfortunately 74 million is not going to make a dent in this but it’s a precedent to have more lawsuits. Hold these groups liable on some level, a financial one, for the destruction they are responsible for.

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Why can't we simply regulate Assault Rifles like Machine Guns? [View all] Xipe Totec May 2022 OP

We CAN, we have to decide to do so. elleng May 2022 #1

All the 2A arguments they use against semi-automatic regulations also apply to automatic regulations exboyfil May 2022 #2

Machine guns are clearly defined as automatic firearms MichMan May 2022 #3

Yes, ask them to turn them in. CivicGrief May 2022 #4

just send the army door to door to take them, then? anarch May 2022 #7

Yeah, that's what I'm suggesting. CivicGrief May 2022 #16

Just curious as to what makes you think the military will obey such MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #19

I didn't say anything about the military. CivicGrief May 2022 #25

..... MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #29

urban areas because that's where the population is most dense anarch May 2022 #64

The Army cannot enforce domestic law under the Posse Comitatus Act. TomSlick May 2022 #34

DHS police then anarch May 2022 #38

Oh, I don't know. TomSlick May 2022 #53

that's true, they have no interest in prison, but they fantasize about going out in a blaze of glory anarch May 2022 #65

So, IOW, civil war? MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #11

Who's going to confiscate them? MIpen03 May 2022 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberatedUSA May 2022 #72

Ban anything that is magazine fed exboyfil May 2022 #24

The vast majority of shootings and murders every day are from handguns MichMan May 2022 #33

So it would at least be a start Hav May 2022 #45

"check out our new belt-fed, bolt-action AR-style sporting carbine! 100% compliant!" anarch May 2022 #66

Thank you for this thread essaynnc May 2022 #5

because regulating the way something looks would be useless? anarch May 2022 #6

Then let's be fucking specific. CivicGrief May 2022 #8

OK, how many? 5? 10 rounds? anarch May 2022 #10

Sure. Sounds good. CivicGrief May 2022 #17

Yes. honest.abe May 2022 #52

I didn't mean to say classify ARs as machine guns I meant craft a regulation for Xipe Totec May 2022 #20

therein lies the problem anarch May 2022 #39

Why do the wealthy or corporations need them? Red Mountain May 2022 #43

The point being if the license & purchase of the weapon is very expensive (like full auto is) EX500rider May 2022 #47

The license is not expensive; it's the weapon itself because of scarcity. Xipe Totec May 2022 #59

now that kind of thing I personally am totally on board with--and more food for thought.... anarch May 2022 #63

because they are the ones with all the stuff anarch May 2022 #60

Neither banks nor the rich would be 'disarmed' Red Mountain May 2022 #69

Why go through the extra effort? It would be much simpler to just write them into the NFA sir pball May 2022 #76

I think we're saying the same thing. Xipe Totec May 2022 #80

If we have the political will, it can be done. roamer65 May 2022 #9

And therein lies the problem. nt MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #13

Cue the entrance of the gun-terminology-'splainers to make sure we feel embarrassed... Hekate May 2022 #12

+1 Gaugamela May 2022 #14

To be fair, there are a relatively small number of words people like to harp on PTWB May 2022 #18

Just like some can't seem to grasp the difference between a clip and a magazine. nt MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #21

A clip is a device used to load a magazine, and a magazine is a device or holding area where Celerity May 2022 #26

Absolutely correct!!! nt MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #30

Or maybe they don't give a shit about the terminology of your hobby and they Scrivener7 May 2022 #73

Nice screed. MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #74

Lol! That's a screed? How delicate. Scrivener7 May 2022 #75

LOL. MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #77

Can you? Scrivener7 May 2022 #79

Oooo Hekate May 2022 #22

Asking for a definition isn't an attempt at embarrassing posters here NickB79 May 2022 #23

STOP. THE. FUCKING. SLAUGHTER. Hekate May 2022 #27

That's what we both want NickB79 May 2022 #36

Yes it all comes down to the firing mechanism and how it is fed exboyfil May 2022 #32

You can't glibly talk of regulation and confiscation MIpen03 May 2022 #31

The Gungeon is thataway --- you'll fit right in. Meanwhile, I feel so chastised... Hekate May 2022 #35

I'm not chastising you MIpen03 May 2022 #41

If you want to ban certain items Zeitghost May 2022 #49

I will try to reply to your post without mirroring your sarcasm, Chainfire May 2022 #50

People who are interested in an issue learn about it. Those wo aren't, don't. Kaleva May 2022 #62

The value of knowing the correct terminology is you don't write crappy laws like the first AWB hack89 May 2022 #68

Because the second amendment does not have the word regulate in it..... oh! wait yes it does. texasfiddler May 2022 #15

And while we talk, the forward motion of the "non-regulation" people continues. Chainfire May 2022 #37

Too late. Look up binary and forced reset triggers NickB79 May 2022 #67

Oh look ---the gunsplainers showed up. Kingofalldems May 2022 #40

Always so handy with the 'splaining & meanwhile more innocents are slaughtered Hekate May 2022 #42

maybe gun owners should carry insurance Red Mountain May 2022 #44

But insurance for what? EX500rider May 2022 #48

They wouldn't be required to Red Mountain May 2022 #56

Not sure I understand when a gun owner would be expected to prove he was insured MichMan May 2022 #54

It would establish a framework Red Mountain May 2022 #57

Yep, all to the good imo gulliver May 2022 #83

Ive thought aboit this too and its doable. SYFROYH May 2022 #46

First Zeitghost May 2022 #51

Because they make too much money Meowmee May 2022 #55

This, from Gus Bova of the Texas Observer... Hekate May 2022 #58

No one would feel any better if he used a 22lr or 9mm handgun SYFROYH May 2022 #71

Let us know, the next time some psycho uses a .22lr to kill a whole classroom of kids and teachers. Paladin May 2022 #78

The most deadly school shooting in US history Zeitghost May 2022 #81

I stand by my comment, for obvious reasons. (nt) Paladin May 2022 #82

Will do. Just as long as we all know that school massacres... SYFROYH May 2022 #84

Assault rifles are regulated by the NFA of '34. You are talking about semiautomatics being included. Kaleva May 2022 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author newdayneeded May 2022 #70

Do you think that would stand with todays Supreme Court? fescuerescue May 2022 #85