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BainsBane

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4. is that semi-automatic?

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 04:45 PM

Dec 2012

It must be. Why can't guns rights be limited to the ones that shoot a single bullet for each pull of the trigger and magazines of 8? The 2nd amendment doesn't say you have the right to an AK47 or a nuclear bomb. It's time to get a grip.

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He killed those children with the long weapon - the rifle [View all] malaise Dec 2012 OP

Jesus BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #1

Little man with a gun in his hand. mikeysnot Dec 2012 #2

my son says MFM008 Dec 2012 #3

It's funny what it takes to wake some people up. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #49

is that semi-automatic? BainsBane Dec 2012 #4

One bullet per trigger pull Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #8

Bump Stocks and Tech Triggers are freely available.... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #14

You are correct Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #29

Okay I know squat about this BainsBane Dec 2012 #19

A typical civilian firearm pretty much anywhere is semiautomatic. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #26

No, not for long guns. Drahthaardogs Dec 2012 #47

Yeah, because you cannot get firing rates similar to automatic weapons out of a semi-automatic. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #20

How does a slide stock not make it a fully automatic weapon? RC Dec 2012 #45

Wrong RomneyLies Dec 2012 #50

You did not answer my question. RC Dec 2012 #68

It does NOT act like one. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #70

It's "ATF Approved". This video makes me feel like throwing up. tridim Dec 2012 #56

I want to know if Lanza's .223 had a slide stock. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #62

That is what this gun does. One pull one bullet. Logical Dec 2012 #15

how many bullets does it hold? BainsBane Dec 2012 #22

I am sure it was a extended clip. Maybe 30. I agree, no need for that many bullets. Logical Dec 2012 #31

We don't know how quickly it was. Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #33

six bullets per second n/t malaise Dec 2012 #35

I was referring to the time Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #39

Bushmaster never made full autos ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #43

Could it have been modified to be full-auto? n/t Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #54

Not readily ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #60

Good info. Thanks. n/t Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #61

Is a lie... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #42

Really? So why don't we have mass attacks with baseball bats? BainsBane Dec 2012 #46

Because guns are so easy to get your hands on. Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #52

Exactly BainsBane Dec 2012 #65

Links? AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5

It just came over the air nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #10

Drat I don't have TV AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #18

Watching the live press conference on M$NBComcast n/t malaise Dec 2012 #12

LBN Thread.... Junkdrawer Dec 2012 #27

Straight from the coroner's office. JimDandy Dec 2012 #73

Yes, watching the press conference with the Medical Examiner now. Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #6

Some monumental asshole asked what the sufrommich Dec 2012 #7

The ME was an odd guy....maybe the nature of the job attracts odd people (IMO) Gin Dec 2012 #16

I only caught a few minutes, but yes, seemed odd to me also n/t sammytko Dec 2012 #34

He made me cringe dorkzilla Dec 2012 #38

He wanted to resign and take a staff position, but they wouldn't let him jsr Dec 2012 #69

So now we know he used the .223 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

Yep and we also know that there was no connection with the mother to the school malaise Dec 2012 #25

Well, no pun, several talking points died at the same time. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #55

Well, maybe. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #53

So he massacred everyone, then walked outside, locked the rifle in his car, and then went back in Azathoth Dec 2012 #11

I got the impression that he had more than one rifle malaise Dec 2012 #17

This has to be the worst reported tragedy I've ever seen Azathoth Dec 2012 #24

I agree - M$Greedia hasn't learned a damned thing malaise Dec 2012 #28

Exact information Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #37

Agreed. Their reporting has been atrocious. City Lights Dec 2012 #59

The latest now is JimDandy Dec 2012 #74

can't be, i read several times on d.u. that he didn't use a rifle, can't possibly be true. spanone Dec 2012 #13

Well we both know that the NRA hacks move in here faster malaise Dec 2012 #21

That hack train has just pulled into the station my friend DainBramaged Dec 2012 #40

We will malaise Dec 2012 #64

Me too... 99Forever Dec 2012 #23

You might have read that because little sources like the Associated Press reported it n/t Azathoth Dec 2012 #32

A Bushmaster was used in the DC sniper shootings, and Bushmaster paid for it. kwassa Dec 2012 #30

That explains the reports of the police finding .223 shell casings on the scene yesterday. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #36

He had two rifles malaise Dec 2012 #41

Yes, that's exactly what he was doing. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #44

God! How awful! That explains why it will take so long to identify the children. Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #48

and why not many ambulances were called Lex Dec 2012 #51

And all were between six and seven years old malaise Dec 2012 #63

I read in ny times they did it with pictures. Nt marlakay Dec 2012 #72

Cold-blooded executions jsr Dec 2012 #57

How does one kill himself with a long gun? Put the barrel in his mouth? Gin Dec 2012 #58

He had pistols jsr Dec 2012 #66

I'm betting he killed himself with the glock n/t malaise Dec 2012 #67

I just finished reading as many reports 2naSalit Dec 2012 #71