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In reply to the discussion: Common Murder Weapons and Their Alternate Uses [View all]aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)143. It's a fair example because ...
...it highlights that rifles are not the menace some make them out to be.
A rifle like an AR give a target shooter the option to shoot fast in a practical shooting contest r as slow as you with your single shot. In this way such a rifle is more useful than your old single shot.
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you need a semi automatic to hunt ducks? .. i thought you used shot guns for birds
srican69
Aug 2013
#4
Target shooting is just practice for shooting people. Hunting? OK, but how many gun nuts use their
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#5
You can do that will pellet guns or even lasers. But, not as "sexy" and lethal I suppose.
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#74
If you use your guns solely for hunting, great. Somehow I doubt that, unless you hunt like Zman.
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#75
and how to make a standard copacity magazine to high capacity with no modification
Duckhunter935
Aug 2013
#77
Do you shoot targets resembling people; or practice "sniping;" or go to gun stores with names like
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#103
Yeah, but as we've seen, there aren't a lot of folks into guns who actually hunt regularly.
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#104
ok then, special permit with an up your ass background check for a 15 round clip
arely staircase
Aug 2013
#132
Ironically enough, hammers killed more folks than assault rifles last year accourdingto the FBI.
marble falls
Aug 2013
#9
I'll dig for it, but I think the category is blunt objects for homicides (not just deaths)
aikoaiko
Aug 2013
#21
The anti-gunnies are shying away from the goal of banning all guns these days.
aikoaiko
Aug 2013
#34
If rifles (catagory) is less, it stands to reason assault weapons(sub-catagory) is also less.....
marble falls
Aug 2013
#158
re: "I do want to take all the emotional and unfactual "statistics" out of the discussion."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Aug 2013
#160
Facts are trumped by emotion in the gun control crowd. Sadly that makes finding solutions ...
spin
Aug 2013
#37
The chances of national gun registration passing in the current political environment ...
spin
Aug 2013
#112
With a little modification to the firing mechanism and selector, it's the same as a M-16.
leveymg
Aug 2013
#66
Tell me, how many people have been murdered by full autos in the last 20 yrs?
Eleanors38
Aug 2013
#167
I have a damaged lower I will allow you to "easely convert" The mag well has been removed
oneshooter
Aug 2013
#166
The AR-15 is used for hunting. Many states allow deer hunting with the AR-15 but most limit ...
spin
Aug 2013
#33
Is the goal another AWB? In 1994, Democrats lost control of Congress for the first time since 1954.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#46
Yeah, but people felt better right? And that is the quick solution so many seem to want (nt)
The Straight Story
Aug 2013
#49
It's odd that those who would readily ban firearms because of emotional words (e.g. "assault"), seem
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2013
#54
Yeah, but they don't give you that war zone lethality that gun folks seem to like.
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#105
Seriously, I don't see ARs a big concern, it's gun guys that covet them that are a concern.
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#140
As deeply as I respect Mr. William Pitt; I'm afraid I have to admit I don't get the point he's
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#145