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aikoaiko

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12. Right becasue I'm sure the grieving family members are wishing their kin had been injured or killed

Reply to villager (Reply #11)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 12:05 PM

Jun 2016

with a handgun instead. I don't think so, villager. Let's let grieving folks grieve without dragging them into our conversations.

This massacre is horrible and yes there are things we can do to reduce such massacres, but saying we should ban AR15s is probably one of the more useless suggestions except to make anti-gun folks feel better about themselves.

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Now that an AR-15 has been used in a terra attack, can we ban them as part of the War On Terra? [View all] KamaAina Jun 2016 OP

No. But we can start an endless number of threads suggesting this. Bonx Jun 2016 #1

Not without legislation. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #2

No. It wouldn't help anyway. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #3

Except for, you know, those situations where they would otherwise have been used to mow down dozens villager Jun 2016 #5

If we implement the 2013 AWB which 'banned AR15s', one could change the grip to be compliant aikoaiko Jun 2016 #6

I suspect the OP is suggesting more than just a grip change. nt villager Jun 2016 #7

Maybe, but I haven't seen any proposed legislation that would accomplish more. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #8

Noting the psychopathology of the political climate is different than saying a ban "wouldn't help," villager Jun 2016 #9

Well the OP said it wanted to ban AR15s and by that I'll stick with saying that it wouldn't help aikoaiko Jun 2016 #10

And I'll stick by saying you can convey your feelings to all the surviving family members... villager Jun 2016 #11

Right becasue I'm sure the grieving family members are wishing their kin had been injured or killed aikoaiko Jun 2016 #12

Ah, so the phrase "anti-gun folks" explains more fully where you're really coming from. nt villager Jun 2016 #13

Playing stupid Dem2 Jun 2016 #17

Keep pluggin away. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #18

Passive supporter of terrorism, eh? A Rovian term if I ever heard of one. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #20

wouldn't hold my breath. niyad Jun 2016 #4

Now is not the time for consistency. eppur_se_muova Jun 2016 #14

Since we have had terrorist mass shooters from the following groups can they be banned too? Amishman Jun 2016 #15

Apples to oranges. KamaAina Jun 2016 #16

you miss the point Amishman Jun 2016 #19