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bighart

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30. That certainly seems to be the driver

Reply to MadDAsHell (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 04:55 PM

Jun 2016

behind at least a lot of the politicians actions on this.

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Why ban the guns that kill the least amount of people, and ignore the ones that kill the most? [View all] MadDAsHell Jun 2016 OP

How do we know the AWB was a failure? NobodyHere Jun 2016 #1

Can you point to anything in the AWB anoNY42 Jun 2016 #5

The increase when the ban was overturned was in mass murder Warpy Jun 2016 #12

"Those things" never left the gun stores or streets during the 1990's NickB79 Jun 2016 #17

This makes no sense anoNY42 Jun 2016 #18

Adam Lanza's rifle was legal to buy during the first AWB hack89 Jun 2016 #33

hand guns and knives weren't addressed by the AWB Press Virginia Jun 2016 #6

Most people involved think it was a failure TeddyR Jun 2016 #9

Failure, maybe, because it didn't go far enough or long enough. That can be corrected. Hoyt Jun 2016 #14

Perhaps TeddyR Jun 2016 #15

Good idea. Why not move against both semi-auto handguns and rifles? leveymg Jun 2016 #2

Furthermore, anoNY42 Jun 2016 #3

One step at a time, semi-auto pistols next. An AWB will force many gun stores/shows to shut down Hoyt Jun 2016 #4

Would love to read more: bighart Jun 2016 #29

Handgun ownership is Constitutionally protected, as per the Heller decision. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #7

Low Hanging Fruit metroins Jun 2016 #8

That's what it feels like. What will score us a political win, not what will help us save lives...nt MadDAsHell Jun 2016 #10

That certainly seems to be the driver bighart Jun 2016 #30

Gun deaths were greatly reduced from 1994 until now... scscholar Jun 2016 #11

Except everyone who actually TeddyR Jun 2016 #16

Can you clarify the data source that backs up that claim? nt MadDAsHell Jun 2016 #21

Adam Lanza's rifle was legal under the first AWB hack89 Jun 2016 #34

Crime bill with mass incarceration - woo hoo. jmg257 Jun 2016 #39

Emotion... ileus Jun 2016 #13

I would like to know which of these homicides B2G Jun 2016 #19

I think most non-mass shooting murders (the vast majority of gun deaths) are illegal guns... MadDAsHell Jun 2016 #35

So if the vast majority of gun deaths are done with illegally obtained guns B2G Jun 2016 #36

OP is right! We need to ban handguns as well. mwrguy Jun 2016 #20

And yet we're never going to. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #22

That's an easy one: Nevernose Jun 2016 #23

Also not going to happen. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #24

We are all prophets of our own biases, and read the futures which best validate our desires... LanternWaste Jun 2016 #27

My biases (and I certainly have them) aside, I find the prospect of the US Congress outlawing Just reading posts Jun 2016 #37

2nd amendment fundamentalism. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #25

You have to create a climate for gun control La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #26

The slippery slope is precisely what Absolutists object to maxsolomon Jun 2016 #31

Why have the ACA when we should have held out for 100% free coverage? Hekate Jun 2016 #28

That's a fair point, but wouldn't the "good" be preventing 80% of deaths, not 20%? MadDAsHell Jun 2016 #32

For similar reasons to why the mentally ill are targeted for greater and greater surveillance HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #38