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sir pball

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16. Hey dude, at least you're being honest.

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 12:14 AM

Jun 2016

No halfass "AWB" shit, craft proper restrictions with proper parameters - I can disagree with an idea but still realize it's actually well thought out and workable.

Btw, that proposal is fine by me - I'd likely sell my lone semiauto rifle beforehand, but even if I had to settle for the buyback price, it would easily pay for building my two big bolt-actions into the finely crafted precision rifles they deserve. And no, there wouldn't be pistol grips or detachable mags to Inflame The Humors, but they WOULD be Cerakoted olive drab and sage green, not wood and blued steel. If that's OK with you.

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Roll Call: Compromise Gun Proposal Gains Bipartisan Support, Raises White House Concerns [View all] aikoaiko Jun 2016 OP

It would be better to restore the Assault Weapons ban Eric J in MN Jun 2016 #1

The AWB was useless and did not accomplish its goals aikoaiko Jun 2016 #2

What happens under the exemption? Eric J in MN Jun 2016 #3

Easy enough to correct -- ban semi-autos period. Don't try to write legislation that coddles gunners Hoyt Jun 2016 #4

Magazine limit zipplewrath Jun 2016 #5

I agree, although not sure I'd compromise with as many as 9. I'd prefer Australia's 1996 law. Hoyt Jun 2016 #6

Whatever zipplewrath Jun 2016 #11

You going to confiscate Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #29

The guns or the magazines? zipplewrath Jun 2016 #44

Lol. Talk about pie in the sky. No one on the national level is even considering it aikoaiko Jun 2016 #7

Apparently talking about the prospect of confiscating over half the guns in America give some here Just reading posts Jun 2016 #20

Absolutely mwrguy Jun 2016 #9

Semi-automatics should definitely be severely restricted. roamer65 Jun 2016 #12

I'm fine with that. Restrictions will cool the gun market and shut down a lot of gun profiteers Hoyt Jun 2016 #13

Hey dude, at least you're being honest. sir pball Jun 2016 #16

I'm cool with bolt and lever actions, and six shooter pistols WHEN LEFT AT HOME Hoyt Jun 2016 #17

Oh, I leave all mine at home. sir pball Jun 2016 #18

If you leave them at home, don't practice to be a sniper, have bolt actions and only a few, don't Hoyt Jun 2016 #21

Where's the line at practicing "sniping"? sir pball Jun 2016 #23

It's "sniping" if you envision using it in riots or disasters, shooting some kid running Hoyt Jun 2016 #25

No. It's shooting a paper target Press Virginia Jun 2016 #28

Rifles were used in 248 murders which is a drop Press Virginia Jun 2016 #27

But rifles, particularly those that get gunners' hormones flowing (AR15s), dominated the gun market. Hoyt Jun 2016 #30

And? 248 murders by rifles...not just AR types, all rifles Press Virginia Jun 2016 #31

But this is what we have running around with the dang things (or planning terrorist/hate acts): Hoyt Jun 2016 #33

So? Unless they're murdering people, they aren't the problem Press Virginia Jun 2016 #34

Sorry, when people pollute our society with guns and hatred, it's as bad, maybe worse, than air, Hoyt Jun 2016 #35

How is your hatred of gun owners better than their hatred of gun controllers? Press Virginia Jun 2016 #36

It's not too bad of a compromise. karadax Jun 2016 #8

I imagine most people with evil intent won't appeal anyway Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #10

NICS data suggests there is nothing near parity in interception and denial between those groups HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #24

Doubt it'll pass. X_Digger Jun 2016 #14

how many guns would be left if they stopped ALL manufacture of ALL guns? Gabi Hayes Jun 2016 #15

About half a billion in the US, give or take. But in any case, there are 15 million new ones being Just reading posts Jun 2016 #19

And yet there are kids with not enough to eat, MH1 Jun 2016 #37

Income inequality is a rather larger issue. The same point could be made about many other consumer Just reading posts Jun 2016 #38

Yes. But most other consumer products don't become more lethal MH1 Jun 2016 #39

Most consumer products aren't Constitutionally protected. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #40

Also true, but keep in mind the Constitution is amendable. MH1 Jun 2016 #41

Sure...but doing so is non-trivial, to say the least. When I see calls for the abolishment of Just reading posts Jun 2016 #42

Problem is, every decade we do nothing 100 million guns are manufactured for yahoo consumption. Hoyt Jun 2016 #22

That's a lot of lazy guns...especially the rifles Press Virginia Jun 2016 #26

Including imports, the number will probably be closer to 200 million. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #32

This amendment is still alive. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #43