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baldguy

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16. What country allows assault weapons and saw a change in murder rates?
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 11:51 AM
Mar 2013

It's you claim that the AWB failed. Show me where allowing them works.

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"All of them are shitty." 99Forever Mar 2013 #1
Kicked X 154 Paladin Mar 2013 #2
"All of them are shitty" lobodons Mar 2013 #3
One reason: if you're in the military. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #4
+1 freshwest Mar 2013 #33
I was getting ready to say essentially the same thing Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #35
Need a background check to enlist?? Touche!! DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #44
Go ahead and get it out - the AWB has failed. aikoaiko Mar 2013 #5
Well, the coroner said he did. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #7
Not sure either. JimDandy Mar 2013 #18
Instead of grave-dancing, why not try offering suggestions to make the AWB better & more effective? baldguy Mar 2013 #8
The AWB as a means of reducing violence is flawed at the start aikoaiko Mar 2013 #12
Except that other countries that ban assault weapons have a much lower rate of gun violence. baldguy Mar 2013 #13
What country only bans so called assault weapons and saw a change in murder rates? aikoaiko Mar 2013 #15
What country allows assault weapons and saw a change in murder rates? baldguy Mar 2013 #16
I'm with Baldguy-back your claim up curlyred Mar 2013 #17
Adam Lanza - his rifle was compliant with the 1994 AWB aikoaiko Mar 2013 #21
That's because it was so riddled with loopholes from RW NRA lobbyists. baldguy Mar 2013 #25
No loopholes. Lanza's rifle was defined in 1994 by DiFi, Joe Biden et al as AOK to own. aikoaiko Mar 2013 #27
I'd like to see proof of that. Please provide a link showing that Sen Feinstein and VP Biden baldguy Mar 2013 #29
Show you where allowing them works? I have never heard of them working. aikoaiko Mar 2013 #23
How about Australia and the UK? jazzimov Mar 2013 #34
That's right. I said only assault weapons aikoaiko Mar 2013 #36
Wow, you are generous in your selfishness. All those solutions and not a single jmg257 Mar 2013 #20
Universal background checks are important aikoaiko Mar 2013 #30
Oh i do, and not half-assed either...100%, and combined with registration. jmg257 Mar 2013 #32
Message auto-removed Baraki Mar 2013 #39
There's an extremely good reason: IveWornAHundredPants Mar 2013 #6
If you want to punch holes in a piece of paper Doc_Technical Mar 2013 #10
I could also use a bow and arrow IveWornAHundredPants Mar 2013 #11
I could also use a bow and arrow AlbertCat Mar 2013 #22
You see? They're more useful than we thought. IveWornAHundredPants Mar 2013 #24
"Because I can" was the reason I was given when discussing this last night neverforget Mar 2013 #9
That's the justification they need to remember when the government interest jmg257 Mar 2013 #28
No, thats not how it works. beevul Mar 2013 #38
Agreed on several points. No doubt about selfishness. jmg257 Mar 2013 #40
Gotta stop the zombie deer... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #14
That's the exception to the rule! Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #19
Yet the gun violence apologists here love those reasons! villager Mar 2013 #26
Oh, there's a VERY good reason. After a case of Miller Lite, you NEED 30 rounds... talkingmime Mar 2013 #31
If they are so evil hack89 Mar 2013 #37
Depending upon how one defines them there are probably billions of "assault" magazines Peter cotton Mar 2013 #41
Largely because our pols haven't the stomach to take on the issue. Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #42
They are proposing effective legislation hack89 Mar 2013 #43
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