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Paladin

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32. Yeah, I know.

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #26)

Wed Mar 29, 2023, 06:55 PM

Mar 2023

I was in Austin that day. I had a high school friend whose mother was killed by Whitman. Another school friend of mine had an older brother who repeatedly ran out on the mall and carried wounded people to safety; you can see him and other guys in the B&W films that still get shown. He didn't get shot, but he required years of counseling to deal with the experience. You're right---it's "been awhile," but a mass slaughter by a deranged gunman is something you never forget.

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Nashville shooting: what it reveals about Americans' love of military-style guns [View all] marmar Mar 2023 OP

One in 20 Americans own an AR-15! LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #1

I would have guessed 1 in 2000-10,000. lindysalsagal Mar 2023 #5

The reported number is probably on the low end too. DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2023 #15

And that's just AR's NickB79 Mar 2023 #24

It's alarmingly high, my guess would be 1 in 10 gun owners. Amishman Mar 2023 #16

I want one. Just haven't gotten around to it yet. Bonx Mar 2023 #27

You gotta pump those numbers up... Fla_Democrat Mar 2023 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author LakeVermilion Mar 2023 #2

it's money over life bdamomma Mar 2023 #3

It reveals a lot about worthless republican't screwheads, too. The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2023 #4

It is about gun love and that is an illness sanatanadharma Mar 2023 #6

...,.. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2023 #8

I don't know. Downsouthjukin Mar 2023 #9

Thank you for sharing your perspective. brer cat Mar 2023 #11

compelling RussBLib Mar 2023 #12

My take is that there is a glaring difference between a ... Whiskeytide Mar 2023 #19

Washington Post article referenced: sl8 Mar 2023 #7

The AR-15 is very adaptable and modular. It's going to be hard to ban Kaleva Mar 2023 #10

Its LOOKS make it popular. Adaptability is a distant second. Paladin Mar 2023 #13

The Ruger Mini-14 looks like and is a killing machine too Kaleva Mar 2023 #14

Get back to me, the next time a Winchester Model 70 bolt-action is used... Paladin Mar 2023 #17

Been awhile, but that is the weapon used in one of the 1st school shootings EX500rider Mar 2023 #26

Yeah, I know. Paladin Mar 2023 #32

That doesn't address what I said Kaleva Mar 2023 #28

You lost me with that snotty "dreaded .223 Remington" comment. (nt) Paladin Mar 2023 #33

Is that why you bought yours? Fla_Democrat Mar 2023 #35

I'm not convinced that adaptability is the reason for its popularity. Aristus Mar 2023 #18

I think it's one of the main reasons Kaleva Mar 2023 #29

I give credit to the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban for the current popularity of ARs and such SYFROYH Mar 2023 #20

This cannot be overstated sarisataka Mar 2023 #25

Yes, I've read that the AWB was a boon for the AR-15 Kaleva Mar 2023 #30

IMO they are not about self-defense. moondust Mar 2023 #21

Sadly Downsouthjukin Mar 2023 #22

If I felt I needed that much firepower, I'd tell my wife we were moving Kaleva Mar 2023 #31

toy the weak use to feel powerful, or...Adrenalin rush for bullies, or..vehicle for solving wiggs Mar 2023 #23