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busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Sun Jun 12, 2016, 01:54 PM Jun 2016

AR 15 and it's devastating effects.... [View all]

and the fact it was purchased legally and with ease, by a nut who worked for a security company which contacted for the Feds, (strong background checks) and who was being monitored by the FBI?

IMO... Most Important Facts concerning this horrible event.

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AR 15 and it's devastating effects.... [View all] busterbrown Jun 2016 OP

the purpose of guns is to kill people. any other use is just dodging the issue nt msongs Jun 2016 #1

Sometimes that is what it takes to defend yourself. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #3

Huh? Against what... busterbrown Jun 2016 #4

Home invasion, sure. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #6

Oh and so if everyone on the block has an AR-15 busterbrown Jun 2016 #13

What would be an example of those "Sometimes" that require this kind of firepower ? CincyDem Jun 2016 #8

See below. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #10

Thanks for sharing. CincyDem Jun 2016 #15

+1, the device is DESIGNED to kill a lot of humans EFFICIENTLY and should not be in the hands of uponit7771 Jun 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author GreydeeThos Jun 2016 #7

K&R'd. snot Jun 2016 #5

Anyone who wants a gun must be subject to close scrutiny. onehandle Jun 2016 #9

Absurd dismissal of a constitutional right. JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #11

Why? linuxman Jun 2016 #12

there are 50 recently dead people who might agree with "gun grabbers" instead of someone like you nt msongs Jun 2016 #14

As long as you're invoking the potential opinions of the still warm dead, linuxman Jun 2016 #17

maybe he doesn’t want them.. busterbrown Jun 2016 #16