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zipplewrath

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44. The guns or the magazines?

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:33 PM

Jun 2016

I don't care about the magazines if the guns can't use ,'em. Three-d printing will ultimately make any thing illegal easily possible. The beauty about the vast majority of these idiots is that they are too lazy to actually do that.

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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