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PoliticAverse

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104. You could still buy high-capacity magazines after the ban, they just cost more.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:35 PM
Jun 2016

High-capacity magazines manufactured before the ban were allowed to be sold after.

It most certainly is. Parents, if you can get your kids out of this country... Barack_America Jun 2016 #1
Isn't Freedumb awesum111111????? Gomez163 Jun 2016 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #3
A fool took his tool(s) and killed 50 people tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #12
Never forget a critical one - WAR n/t malaise Jun 2016 #13
That's LESS practical than limiting the access of weapons designed to kill a lot of humans easily uponit7771 Jun 2016 #18
Welcome to DU IronLionZion Jun 2016 #20
Why not make it harder to get the tools? IronLionZion Jun 2016 #28
Both my sons are gay. mnhtnbb Jun 2016 #4
Sadly you are correct malaise Jun 2016 #8
Just when I think things are getting better for us Aerows Jun 2016 #70
I feel it for all in the LBGT Community malaise Jun 2016 #71
This person lancer78 Jun 2016 #10
American gun policies allowed this nut tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #14
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #19
In one of the recordings of the shooting that I heard, Urchin Jun 2016 #82
Florida prides itself on the machine guns being available. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #91
Yeah, its the magazines/clips and guns that utilize them. DCBob Jun 2016 #5
AMEN!!! Moostache Jun 2016 #43
Sounds good to me. DCBob Jun 2016 #45
I'm a gun owner and safeinOhio Jun 2016 #50
Thanks for a very sane post, siO. nt brer cat Jun 2016 #53
Well said. DCBob Jun 2016 #61
I live in a rural area, in fact I am safeinOhio Jun 2016 #62
Cool. Sounds like an interesting life style. DCBob Jun 2016 #64
I'm a little old for that life style safeinOhio Jun 2016 #72
Yeah, its got to be tough. DCBob Jun 2016 #73
How much good Urchin Jun 2016 #83
I've always said the best home security safeinOhio Jun 2016 #86
Maybe Urchin Jun 2016 #97
How many times does that actually happen? librarylu Jun 2016 #103
The best part of it is safeinOhio Jun 2016 #112
So you limit the capacity of the clips, they'll just carry more clips jack_krass Jun 2016 #87
Restrict all devices that use clips/magazines. DCBob Jun 2016 #93
weapons choices DustyJoe Jun 2016 #6
Yep - I asked that as well malaise Jun 2016 #15
My neighbor asked that, too. Kurovski Jun 2016 #100
And there are so many malaise Jun 2016 #107
That's the important thing... Blanks Jun 2016 #105
Agreed malaise Jun 2016 #108
You can't go into a sporting goods store and buy grenades exboyfil Jun 2016 #54
true DustyJoe Jun 2016 #75
What level of sophistication bighart Jun 2016 #94
bare bones DustyJoe Jun 2016 #95
The amount of time... Blanks Jun 2016 #106
+1000, we obsess and fixate on guns as if they were the root cause, but jack_krass Jun 2016 #88
yep. Dangerous technology *ALWAYS* needs to be regulated as it becomes ever more dangerous Schema Thing Jun 2016 #7
And I can take a 100 pounds lancer78 Jun 2016 #9
True but data suggests that guns are easier to obtain malaise Jun 2016 #11
Good fucking luck buying 100 lbs of fertilizer. joshcryer Jun 2016 #16
How well are guns monitored? IronLionZion Jun 2016 #22
Indeed. joshcryer Jun 2016 #33
My family owns a 320 lancer78 Jun 2016 #25
You'd still be on a more closely monitored list than guns. joshcryer Jun 2016 #31
Sure, they just have to buy a large farm first IronLionZion Jun 2016 #36
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #74
You make the case for the OP, that much fertilizer is harder to get than a weapon DESIGNED to kill uponit7771 Jun 2016 #21
That's why we have mass fertilizer bombings every day in this country. Orrex Jun 2016 #37
So then you are all for stricter gun laws! Thanks! Rex Jun 2016 #49
His claim didn't backfire. HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #66
Yeah, but you wouldn't enjoy it half as much, would you? Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2016 #90
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #17
Welcome to DU IronLionZion Jun 2016 #23
Its harder to get that much fertilizer than are DESIGNED to kill a lot of people easily uponit7771 Jun 2016 #24
The assault weapon ban was in effect in 1994 BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #26
So tell us, how many mass killings were there in 1995? How many people in total died A Simple Game Jun 2016 #32
When McVeigh blew up the building BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #38
+1,000 malaise Jun 2016 #40
You could still buy high-capacity magazines after the ban, they just cost more. PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #104
Yup. The law only affected post-law manufactured product. nt BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #109
And naturally, since people knew the ban was going to be enacted some time before it was... PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #110
Always happens. BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #111
Yet sales of AR-15s grew during that period. X_Digger Jun 2016 #39
The law only covered guns sold AFTER the law went into effect BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #51
And it only applied to 'features'. X_Digger Jun 2016 #55
I recall back in the 80s BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #59
That is so ridiculous that I can't believe you posted it on purpose. Orrex Jun 2016 #35
Yes and now they watch people more closely that buy fertilizer etc.. can you say the same about guns Rex Jun 2016 #47
Or 140,000, instantly. bvf Jun 2016 #48
It's the twisted person Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #27
Yes, the twisted people who so love their gunz that they block British and Australian type gun laws. Hoyt Jun 2016 #30
Cubana 1976??? malaise Jun 2016 #41
Yes, a plane is a better way to kill MORE, but pockets full of magazines and a properly outfitted Dem2 Jun 2016 #65
Absolutely ridiculous that weapons like this are readily available. CanonRay Jun 2016 #29
They are not military spec Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #34
Cute. Darb Jun 2016 #56
Big f'ing deal. They are designed to kill many in a short time CanonRay Jun 2016 #76
Weapons like what? Urchin Jun 2016 #84
For starters, how about the one this fuckhead used. CanonRay Jun 2016 #89
In other words Urchin Jun 2016 #96
Why don't you quietly return to the NRA forum CanonRay Jun 2016 #102
Exactly Dem2 Jun 2016 #42
The gun humpers are all having a meltdown. They want to pretend we all need the right to own an AR15 Rex Jun 2016 #44
No, that seems to be gun-grabbers lancer78 Jun 2016 #77
Name all the gun grabbers and times and events that guns were grabbed. Rex Jun 2016 #78
this was what blew my mind...people say a knife can kill too.. ellenrr Jun 2016 #46
I cannot process fifty - now fifty nine malaise Jun 2016 #52
well this is what I have been wondering too... ellenrr Jun 2016 #58
Yep malaise Jun 2016 #60
And 150 armed people Urchin Jun 2016 #57
Yes, Armed with bow and arrows not something DESIGNED to kill humans efficiently uponit7771 Jun 2016 #67
One hundred fifty armed people would be a firefight. HubertHeaver Jun 2016 #68
And 250 armed people can all start shooting at each other, in a moments notice. Rex Jun 2016 #69
150 people shooting around... Lancero Jun 2016 #79
Would more than 100 people get injured accidentally Urchin Jun 2016 #81
Not really no Egnever Jun 2016 #113
Yes, it is. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #63
Guns are the one common denominator in doc03 Jun 2016 #80
i heard earlier on MSNBC that the maximum capacity of the Pulse nightclub was around 300. Calista241 Jun 2016 #85
Yep malaise Jun 2016 #92
Last year we celebrated marriage equality at the pride festivities. Kurovski Jun 2016 #98
Love you back malaise Jun 2016 #99
XOXO Kurovski Jun 2016 #101
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