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Ocelot II

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5. I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 11:50 AM
Sep 2025

Kirk was shot with an old .30-06 deer rifle, a weapon capable of only one shot at a time. The focus is, and should be, on military-type assault weapons like the AR-15, which have been used by many mass shooters and are capable of killing large numbers of people in a short time. Any attempt to ban common hunting guns would not only fall flat but would impede serious efforts to limit or ban assault weapons. The Kirk murder doesn't raise the same kind of gun control issues as the mass shootings in schools and other public places.

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No. Harker Sep 2025 #1
All this is to make sure no one signs any new gun Johonny Sep 2025 #2
Worse than that, gab13by13 Sep 2025 #4
That's the worst of it. If you don't kiss Charlie's dead ass you'll be canceled. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #6
I doubt that in this case, since nobody is calling for a ban on ordinary hunting rifles. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #5
Thank you for this! RoseTrellis Sep 2025 #8
Gun registration, insurance, mandatory training classes Johonny Sep 2025 #14
None of that would have made a bit of difference in this case. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #21
Lets try nothing and see if that works Johonny Sep 2025 #25
Are you in favor of banning hunting rifles? Ocelot II Sep 2025 #26
Not a scapegoat a martyr. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #3
Well, buses (like trains and light rail) are socialist! Socialism means BAD!! Bad means SOCIALISM!! hatrack Sep 2025 #7
If poor dead charlie kirk had had a gun........ lastlib Sep 2025 #9
They'd dismantle public transportation lame54 Sep 2025 #10
Or fire all the unionized bus drivers and replace them with Musk's full self-driving shitware. sop Sep 2025 #13
Post removed Post removed Sep 2025 #11
I would have been spared any knowledge of him still. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #12
Better example malaise Sep 2025 #15
If he was shot in a theater watching the latest Godzilla movie, miyazaki Sep 2025 #16
Enough with CK already. Let's move on. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #17
You didn't need to comment on this thread if you want to move on. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #22
I pictured him the type to go out with his pants around his ankles Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #18
Notice how irrelevant Rush Limbaugh has become since his death? Tommy Carcetti Sep 2025 #19
Assassinations always backfire. yardwork Sep 2025 #20
It would have been Biden's fault. milestogo Sep 2025 #23
No. They would have said ..... It is Gods Will. Trueblue1968 Sep 2025 #24
If Kirk had been hit by a bus, there would be a cornucopia of conspiracy theories RockRaven Sep 2025 #27
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