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In reply to the discussion: To me, the most disturbing aspect of the Paris attack was the US massacre method [View all]hack89
(39,179 posts)20. No mention of automatic weapons there. Nt
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morningfog
Nov 2015
OP
No, there are very few automatic weapons in the US outside of military and law enforcement
Recursion
Nov 2015
#6
Number of automatic weapons manufactured for the civillian market since 1987. . . . .
Travis_0004
Nov 2015
#11
Restricting semi-autos would. As would changing the perception of yahoo gun fanciers.
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#62
Indeed it would. If the party ever got off its ass and got behind that I would support it.
Recursion
Nov 2015
#67
I agree with that, although I do question the sanity of those who are attracted to rifles with
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#78
Yeah, but most people do not hunt, unless you include people as prey. And who needs a Hi Cap
Hoyt
Nov 2015
#105
Earth. None of the mass shootings in the past several decades have used automatic weapons (nt)
Recursion
Nov 2015
#8
FFS if you care about gun legislation you should learn this very basic difference
Recursion
Nov 2015
#41
No, the fact that that's the only crime they've been used in proves they are rare
Recursion
Nov 2015
#106
the 30,000 people killed by USA gun owners aren't too concerned about such quibbles nt
msongs
Nov 2015
#29
Well if they want the actual guns that are killing them addressed, they should be
Recursion
Nov 2015
#35
I think terrorism is a really good rubric for understanding US mass shootings
Recursion
Nov 2015
#64
Lots of stuff is done. I know this isn't GD-P, but look at O'Malley after Sandy Hook
Recursion
Nov 2015
#87
Pretty bogus to cite "body count per attacker" in a coordinated terrorist attack
melman
Nov 2015
#95