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In reply to the discussion: Do not think about arguing [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)160. "the idiots who created the artificial definition of "assault weapon". Damn Gun Digest - those
fuckers, along with Treasury Dept, screwed it up for every body.
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If it's time to discuss legislation, it's time to discuss technical accuracy...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#15
Yep, my point exactly. The absolute ignorance of those pieces of legislation...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#126
Not really. People can express the size and the shape of the thing they want without technical
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2016
#125
Sure, anyone can bring anything to the table. But, if demands are based on ignorance, it's..
Marengo
Jun 2016
#128
Rubbish. Go ahead and apply the stifling argument in a discussion concerning...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#179
"assault weapon" is used becasue it is a gray area, and has no meaning in law. As far as I know...
Matt_R
Jun 2016
#89
I think it's a moot point, as I don't expect to see any meaningful regulation
Crunchy Frog
Jun 2016
#92
What makes you believe that magazine capacity is related to shooter accuracy?
ManiacJoe
Jun 2016
#75
Thanks, if not for you, an anonymous poster on a internet forum, I would have totally
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#154
"the idiots who created the artificial definition of "assault weapon". Damn Gun Digest - those
jmg257
Jun 2016
#160
You do realize that there were assault weapons even before gunpowder was invented don't you?
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#180
So according to you a weapon is a weapon is a weapon and that's all there is to it?
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#182
If you can't grasp the concept of categories of weapons then there is no sense in continuing
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#187
Maybe you guys should start with the "legal" definitons..may vary depending what jurisdiction,
jmg257
Jun 2016
#190
Yet, you are including suicides in the figure that you're using for all gun deaths.
Major Hogwash
Jun 2016
#87
The gun manufacturers did away with some of the offending characteristics . . .
Major Hogwash
Jun 2016
#99
If gun trolls and the NRA would get out of the way, there is no doubt in my mind that
Squinch
Jun 2016
#42
You have completely missed the point. The point was that you have an opinion about these topics
Squinch
Jun 2016
#59
No, actually it really wouldn't be like that at all. It would be like saying, "we don't want these
Squinch
Jun 2016
#63
You always seem to emerge from somewhere when these massacres happen, just to tell
Squinch
Jun 2016
#164
As I said in the OP Yes, those terms matter for legislation, but not on forums, not on Facebook, not
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#6
OK but they matter if people's ignorance of the subject means they're going in literally
Recursion
Jun 2016
#71
+1, any device DESIGNED to kill a lot of humans efficiently shouldn't be in the hands of avg citizen
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#7
Your argument is more effective if you use actual facts, accepted terms and language to support it.
Android3.14
Jun 2016
#12
You're exactly what the post is talking about. You missed the point, entirely. Ignore.
lindysalsagal
Jun 2016
#38
The AR platform in the right configuration, such as the AR-10, is an excellent hunting rifle...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#41
I've heard that as well, but in researching found several studies which suggest...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#123
The OP is talking about the kinds of firearms that can be used to kill hundreds in minutes.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#65
I support not being able to kill 49 people in a short period of time. I don't use
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#90
OK, so step 1 is coming to terms with the fact that we need a new law to do that
Recursion
Jun 2016
#94
What makes you think people who are disgusted with guns being used in mass shootings
passiveporcupine
Jun 2016
#24
This is not the right thread for that video. Would you please consider posting it elsewhere?
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#36
Anyone who uses any of the following arguments is a troll and should be ignored completely.
Squinch
Jun 2016
#40
The distinction between a semi-automatic weapon and fully automatic AR 15 means very little to the
still_one
Jun 2016
#55
People who espouse opinions on guns with no clue how they work sound as clueless and out of touch
Lee-Lee
Jun 2016
#60
You won't take my opinion seriously that too many were killed too fast by a murderous jerk and his
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#66
Let's make this simple. I don't like people having access to guns that can kill that many people
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#91
Good point. While I disagree with imposing more gun control, I can at least see a rationale behind
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#159
A 5 or 6 shot revolver could NEVER kill that many people. A double barrel shotgun the same.
JanMichael
Jun 2016
#102
You just said that the AK-47 knockoffs would kill more than the 20 or so little kids.
JanMichael
Jun 2016
#171
Exactly. Time we start treating gunners like dung, rather than coddling them and their sick junk.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#104
It's like claiming the argument against a nuke murdering millions is invalid....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2016
#162
"but you look foolish and how can you ask for something without being accurate"
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#163
You are welcome. I still feel that way, 2 date later. I'm getting angry now,past shocked pain, but
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#175