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6. Exactly. It's the look of the weapon that causes the problems

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 09:57 PM

Dec 2012

Nutcases are inspired to do horrible things by the look of those things. It's just like how those people copy the movies and games they worship.

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OK, ban the AR-15, by shape and color. I'm on board. [View all] Recursion Dec 2012 OP

Bullshit. 99Forever Dec 2012 #1

Huh? Recursion Dec 2012 #2

To actually have any effect. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #3

It's been the #1 selling rifle platform in the US for over a decade.. pipoman Dec 2012 #4

Believe, me I know. It's idiotic. Recursion Dec 2012 #11

An AR-15 ban will pipoman Dec 2012 #21

Well, then, ban them too. calimary Dec 2012 #51

It will take the manufacturer pipoman Dec 2012 #53

So? Why can't we be on them like flypaper? Why can't we be dogging their every step? calimary Dec 2012 #69

"Dogging" (legally) costs money, a lot of it.. pipoman Dec 2012 #70

I think that the discussion is more about... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #5

The national competitions require the standard 20 and 30 round mags. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #25

Great! bongbong Dec 2012 #26

And for local practice??? ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #34

Oh Well bongbong Dec 2012 #39

There is a difference between a clip and a magazine jmowreader Dec 2012 #71

Exactly. It's the look of the weapon that causes the problems realgreen Dec 2012 #6

That's right! It's how Pacman caused the obesity epidemic! backscatter712 Dec 2012 #13

Get it right! Indydem Dec 2012 #18

Wouldn't it be neat rrneck Dec 2012 #7

Could it also cover the comparative lethality of being shot by this one or that? Loudly Dec 2012 #8

Google 'youtube gellatin block'. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #9

You know what'd be really super-awesome? Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #14

Well, we don't have 800,000 cops on the street to subsidize the doughnut industry. rrneck Dec 2012 #16

Likewise, why are people so terrified of guns??? Indydem Dec 2012 #19

Some don't know anything about them. rrneck Dec 2012 #22

Do you still support the NRA after LaPierre's melt down? morningfog Dec 2012 #23

Sure do. Indydem Dec 2012 #24

You support LaPierre's statements? morningfog Dec 2012 #36

THAT WASN'T YOUR QUESTION! Indydem Dec 2012 #40

It was my question. You dodged it first, then you tried to muddy the water. morningfog Dec 2012 #43

"Do you still support the NRA after LaPierre's melt down" Indydem Dec 2012 #44

Another dodge. Do you suppot LaPierre's statements? morningfog Dec 2012 #46

I support it more than I support gun grabs. Indydem Dec 2012 #47

Amazing. And the mental illness list? morningfog Dec 2012 #48

If it is balanced with civil liberties in mind, sure. Indydem Dec 2012 #49

Help me out. In what way "don't [you] support much of what NRA leadership does or says?" morningfog Dec 2012 #50

Well, for one, I don't support attacks on the President. Indydem Dec 2012 #52

Turn that around Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #27

I have a multitude of reasons to have a firearms that are not related to self defense. Indydem Dec 2012 #30

Not really, no Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #32

If I owned a full auto weapon prior to 1934 Indydem Dec 2012 #35

Actually, yeah, it is. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #42

You've missed the point. Indydem Dec 2012 #54

No, you've missed the point Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #55

I can buy dynamite Indydem Dec 2012 #56

"With a federal license" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #57

No background for long guns? Indydem Dec 2012 #58

Really I think it's even simpler than that Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #60

Well Hell's Bells Indydem Dec 2012 #61

They kill lots of people bongbong Dec 2012 #28

Really? In what statistical world do you live in? Indydem Dec 2012 #31

LOL bongbong Dec 2012 #37

Tens of billions of rounds of ammuniton are produced and fired every year. Indydem Dec 2012 #41

I'll take it. Robb Dec 2012 #10

It's a start Recursion Dec 2012 #17

I'm not concerned with the appearance of the gun. I'm concerned with what comes out of the barrel. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #12

That's my inclination, too, and on further consideration I'm wrong Recursion Dec 2012 #15

Here we go again, the old RW argument that NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #20

The magazines were never actually banned pipoman Dec 2012 #29

*sigh* As I said, they were banned BUT NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #38

By declaring constitutional pipoman Dec 2012 #45

The AWB, as an effective concept, failed because OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #59

So almost all handguns? Most rifles? Even a 10/22 Plinking gun? Indydem Dec 2012 #63

The only thing that makes an "assault weapon" effective as an assault weapon is OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #66

Rec'd BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #33

if i spray paint donco Dec 2012 #62

SKS? I assume you meant AKs ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #64

So you want to GOVERN IRRATIONALLY? ROFLMAO! nt jody Dec 2012 #65

This thread theKed Dec 2012 #67

But this one is cute! sofa king Dec 2012 #68