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Logical

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5. Not sure you can take the ones out there legally. And this country does not have enough guts to.....
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 11:40 AM
Jun 2016

do it.

It should be harder to get a device MEANT to kill people than to get a car... eom uponit7771 Jun 2016 #1
Agree, we should not facilitate the access to weapons developed to kill people, they should be Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #12
especially automatic assualt rifles with large clips. Gun shows sell that garbage all the time still_one Jun 2016 #29
Ban the fugging assault rifles and the magazines malaise Jun 2016 #2
How do you collect the millions out there already? nt Logical Jun 2016 #6
no semi-automatics allowed would help... JCMach1 Jun 2016 #3
Not sure you can take the ones out there legally. And this country does not have enough guts to..... Logical Jun 2016 #5
absolutely, our politicians are gutless... just pointing out it isn't AR-15 per se JCMach1 Jun 2016 #8
Or enough cops. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #34
But most mass shooters got it legally. nt Logical Jun 2016 #4
We can't control the number of weapons already in circulation Generic Brad Jun 2016 #7
Well, in the months it takes to implement that, if you really can, millions of rounds will be.... Logical Jun 2016 #9
Understood Generic Brad Jun 2016 #10
The real issue is that no repuk or dem would even support it. nt Logical Jun 2016 #11
Probably not, actually. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #35
Every other country on this planet seems to be able to. baldguy Jun 2016 #13
Rifles are legal in canada and 10 round magazines are allowed. I think the issue is that people..... Logical Jun 2016 #14
So Americans are uniquely pathological & murderous? baldguy Jun 2016 #15
Give me the name of one democratic senator who would ban guns or ammo. nt Logical Jun 2016 #17
Exactly. laundry_queen Jun 2016 #24
We have nearly 10x's the population here in the States. grossproffit Jun 2016 #21
No. It's the gun laws. They are much more strict. nt laundry_queen Jun 2016 #23
We can go after guns like we go after smoking. It's a public health crisis. hunter Jun 2016 #16
But people love them. Nt Logical Jun 2016 #18
Folks want a simple answer sarisataka Jun 2016 #19
True. Lone nuts with guns also aren't the problem. Recursion Jun 2016 #20
We all know of people who we suspect might snap someday Dem2 Jun 2016 #22
And compared to the EU lancer78 Jun 2016 #25
The only plausible solution I can see is a social stigma. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2016 #26
Social stigma? Straw Man Jun 2016 #27
However, gun ownership is not. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2016 #30
Your point? Straw Man Jun 2016 #31
I think you have a valid point Locrian Jun 2016 #32
Crazy is as crazy does. Lance Bass esquire Jun 2016 #28
So we do nothing instead? justiceischeap Jun 2016 #33
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