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aikoaiko

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32. It was a dumbass idea to begin with.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:43 AM

Mar 2015

Good on the BATFE for backing off.

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Government Backs Off From Banning Assault Rifle Bullet [View all] Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

bloody cowards niyad Mar 2015 #1

When you get 80k letter saying stop yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #2

They get more for pot legalization Politicalboi Mar 2015 #4

The ATF does not handle anything to do with drugs Reter Mar 2015 #54

Not to be a smart arse, but Kurska Mar 2015 #75

wow--way less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the adult population is NOT a "big percentage." niyad Mar 2015 #5

We have a little over 100 million adults in USA yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #12

Oh damn. Forget my dumb post. yeoman6987 Mar 2015 #13

"(H)ow do you know no support letters were sent?" Undoubtedly, some were friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #14

Where were the "grassroots gun safety organizations" during all this? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #15

Asleep, apparently. No wonder they can't win, despite all the noise they make friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #17

Over 150K to enforce the Logan Act against #47Traitors. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #40

That is because there is a legal standard... Oktober Mar 2015 #64

What the did fits the standard of the Logan Act perfectly. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #71

How should notice and comment rules operated under the Administrative Procedure Act? jberryhill Mar 2015 #3

Useless ban anyway. It would not have made a single person safer. n/t Adrahil Mar 2015 #10

Ya but then again getting a bullet ban past the scotus could be next to impossible. cstanleytech Mar 2015 #11

You have a strange definition of "cowards." NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #26

the government has been ignoring the will of the people since forever frylock Mar 2015 #31

No doubt. That doesn't mean it's right. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #57

caving in to the gun nuts is PRECISELY that. niyad Mar 2015 #38

Nonsense. beevul Mar 2015 #41

You see no value in considering public opinion? NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #55

Just the right people... Oktober Mar 2015 #65

Yes, of course. The "enlightened." NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #68

What did *your* email to the ATF say? How many others did you get to write them? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #67

I've seen this question get asked about 10 times now. Kurska Mar 2015 #78

Campaign and political party funding Geronimoe Mar 2015 #6

The NRA is certainly good at pulling its' members' strings groundloop Mar 2015 #7

This was a brilliant marketing strategy to get people to buy basically junk that has no market. greatlaurel Mar 2015 #8

M855 ammunition isn't "junk", is legal in New Jersey, and was already quite popular friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #16

While it is quite popular, it's most definitely junk. Least accurate thing I've ever used. sir pball Mar 2015 #47

Wait, as if *any* centerfire rifle (.308, 30-30, .30-06, .243, etc) wouldn't pierce a typical vest?? X_Digger Mar 2015 #9

not exactly well communicated that ATF was taking comments wordpix Mar 2015 #18

Its not like they cant be contacted Travis_0004 Mar 2015 #52

gun humpers are well-organized Skittles Mar 2015 #19

Amused by the fauxtrage Shamash Mar 2015 #20

the NRA is what is organized Skittles Mar 2015 #42

Will you be posting the letter you wrote to the ATF? Lurks Often Mar 2015 #23

Straight out of the gun ban playbook. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #25

So nice of the dems to manufacture this victory for the 'publicons! RandiFan1290 Mar 2015 #21

Finally some common sense from those who seek to control... ileus Mar 2015 #22

Good decision. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #24

"Amid a massive astroturfed outcry from the gun lobby and its impotent stooges..." Orsino Mar 2015 #27

bingo riversedge Mar 2015 #29

"Astroturfed" - you just broke my irony meter hack89 Mar 2015 #34

What's the irony? Orsino Mar 2015 #35

The irony is that the gun control movement is astroturf. hack89 Mar 2015 #37

The gun owners were driven to reflexive anger by the astroturfing of the gun lobby. Orsino Mar 2015 #45

Let me get this strait... beevul Mar 2015 #46

The gun enthusiasts who panicked at this nothing of a story... Orsino Mar 2015 #48

Wow, and I thought I had seen "over the top" before. beevul Mar 2015 #49

Bloomberg and Watts are not financing an astroturfed gun control movement. Orsino Mar 2015 #70

Bloomberg has done all those things Kurska Mar 2015 #77

He doesn't have or wield anywhere near the influence of the gun lobby. No one does. Orsino Mar 2015 #79

Explain why, then, in the colorado recalls bloomberg outspent gun rights groups by a factor of 5-1 beevul Mar 2015 #80

Probably because he's very, very late to this party. Orsino Mar 2015 #81

"but the official voice of the NRA opposes them all" beevul Mar 2015 #83

A snowball from seven years ago disproves global warming? Orsino Mar 2015 #87

THANK YOU Skittles Mar 2015 #43

Any annoyance caused by your insults is well soothed by the knowledge of your political inefficacy friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #62

back at you LeftOfWest Mar 2015 #66

umm.. gives me hope--not for the bullet ban but for other riversedge Mar 2015 #28

80,000 is not a tsunami Skittles Mar 2015 #61

It is when the supporters of the ban largely did nothing friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #63

why should it have been banned if it wouldnt make a single person safer? fxstc Mar 2015 #30

It was a dumbass idea to begin with. aikoaiko Mar 2015 #32

In the early 90's didn't H. W. Bush decry "cop killer" bullets underpants Mar 2015 #33

Yup, and the NRA now hates him Reter Mar 2015 #56

Well I Hope The Signature's For The Iran 47 Petition Spur This Kind Of Action... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #36

It's not over yet. VScott Mar 2015 #39

paranoid assholes need their stuff Skittles Mar 2015 #44

Next it will be RPG. Nuthin in the Cornstitushun sez we can't have rockets !!!! Monk06 Mar 2015 #50

don't underestimate what paranoid assholes think they need Skittles Mar 2015 #53

You enjoy your hyperbole, don't you? NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #58

It's called a Type 10 Destructive Device license Lurks Often Mar 2015 #60

assuming that every one of those 80,000 replies is from a different person, guillaumeb Mar 2015 #51

Your math goes the other way also. former9thward Mar 2015 #59

or the NRA sent out an action alert guillaumeb Mar 2015 #72

Yes, and by that math Democrats are supported by something like 16% of the electorate. former9thward Mar 2015 #73

The real question is "why voter apathy?" guillaumeb Mar 2015 #74

Finally some common sense applied to the 2A. ileus Mar 2015 #69

It is amazing to me Kurska Mar 2015 #76

It's very easy to 'game' the Gov.s public comments section.good media company w/ macro program. Sunlei Mar 2015 #82

The police vest are designed only to stop pistol bullets hack89 Mar 2015 #84

And yet the gun control groups haven't "gamed" the .gov public comment section, Lurks Often Mar 2015 #85

Pistols go right through cars. Rifles penetrate anything but armor plate. sir pball Mar 2015 #86