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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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43. Don't get me wrong...

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 10:09 PM

Jun 2016

...this is an absolutely tragic and horrible crime. The people who commit these crimes are the one responsible. It leaves me hollow having some useless wretch destroy so many lives and then kill himself. There is no one to arrest or ask why or lock away and lose the key.

I get that when these miserably disgusting events happen, a common response is to look for causes and more people to hold responsible. IMO blaming the gun is just a distraction.

Both of those guns accept a magazine. AFAIK the Orlando dirt bag didn't use a full auto (modified or not) and they both fire at exactly the same rate. They both fire as fast as you can pull the trigger, one shot per pull.

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Just heard the shooter was licensed to carry as a security guard. [View all] lpbk2713 Jun 2016 OP

He was also a registered democrat StarTrombone Jun 2016 #1

Guns is the key word. onehandle Jun 2016 #4

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #7

Nope, the root problem is hatred and desire to kill, the gun is jack_krass Jun 2016 #47

Says the guy with a fucking gun as an avatar. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2016 #5

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #8

Wow. On DU for 2 months and already 4 hides. Orrex Jun 2016 #22

They already found his voter registration card? WhiteTara Jun 2016 #6

I don't believe that for a second uponit7771 Jun 2016 #10

that he's a democrat? Me either. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #11

+1, I don't see how they just went after his VR card uponit7771 Jun 2016 #12

I think that is a smear from some right wing rag. WhiteTara Jun 2016 #13

Ah, typical for them... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #15

although without any link, it may just be WhiteTara Jun 2016 #18

Media did a web search. HooptieWagon Jun 2016 #28

where's the link for this assertion? WhiteTara Jun 2016 #17

Wrong you got that information off of a private con website just like the cons have been doing. Rex Jun 2016 #25

Got something against Democrats? Iggo Jun 2016 #41

Guns should be approved at a federal level, not a local level. onehandle Jun 2016 #2

Please take a civics class. linuxman Jun 2016 #14

The civics class's I did take said that weapons DESIGNED for killing a LOT of people efficiently.... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #16

Of course it did. linuxman Jun 2016 #19

Good, we agree... bombs, mortars, wmds or ballistic weapons DESIGNED to kill a lot of people... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #20

Do you see any difference linuxman Jun 2016 #23

The design of the weapon IS to kill a lot of people efficiently... period... end of story uponit7771 Jun 2016 #24

Please explain... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #32

Magazine, ability to mod for automatic, Butt, fire more rounds faster etc etc... uponit7771 Jun 2016 #33

The picture he shows, doesn't reflect the magazine on the bottom weapon. Calista241 Jun 2016 #35

Strawman, I didn't say easily...The ar-15 can be... modded with OTS parts for bump fire the second.. uponit7771 Jun 2016 #37

I counter your strawman accusation with my own strawman accusation. Calista241 Jun 2016 #39

which is? tia uponit7771 Jun 2016 #40

They are both semiautomatics. HooptieWagon Jun 2016 #36

good try, we're not LIVs and the overt logical fallacies are boring and quite as its kept ban them.. uponit7771 Jun 2016 #38

Don't get me wrong... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #43

Good, ban them both or at least make it harder for avg citizen to have like a grenade uponit7771 Jun 2016 #44

That's impractical and not an answer discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #46

That is frightening n/t Ms. Yertle Jun 2016 #3

Sort of similar to Zimmerman.. Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #9

That Orlando TV station just showed an aerial shot at a blood bank. lpbk2713 Jun 2016 #21

He worked for a large security firm. roamer65 Jun 2016 #26

The killer was on a watch list and had been interrogated earlier by the FBI. Bucky Jun 2016 #27

If he passed security checks sarisataka Jun 2016 #29

Good question Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #31

And the FBI Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #30

The watch list is a joke. I have several friends on it for no reason whatsoever. HooptieWagon Jun 2016 #34

That's right, he was a good guy. Darb Jun 2016 #42

He had a regular concealed carry permit as well. LeftyMom Jun 2016 #45