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In reply to the discussion: No law could have prevented Vegas shooting, Feinstein says [View all]former9thward
(32,074 posts)35. No event insurance would cover the LV event so its cost will remain the same.
The wrong doer is dead. He had some money but the hospitals and their insurers will vaporize that in a few seconds to cover a tiny, tiny percentage of their costs.
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True. And many believe it REALLY says a "militia" (Nat'l Guard) has that right, not
FailureToCommunicate
Oct 2017
#30
Kids in many schools have to walk thru metal detectors ever single day. Certainly a
FailureToCommunicate
Oct 2017
#33
Exactly. This isn't a minor inconvenience that adds five minutes to the check-in process.
EL34x4
Oct 2017
#131
Anybody willing to commit mass murder won't let a few ammo storage/transport regs get in the way
EX500rider
Oct 2017
#128
That only comes into play with the assumption that additional amnesties and buy-backs will be
Marengo
Oct 2017
#160
That depends on what type of arms would be targeted (no pun intended haha). I've been
Marengo
Oct 2017
#162
So what are you saying, that the person should have a weapon with a multiple shot magazine?
brush
Oct 2017
#49
On the last two issues: If you need insurance to operate a car, why not to own a weapon that can...
brush
Oct 2017
#73
Bingo. I don't know why the NRA is against it. They could be like AARP is for those over 50.
brush
Oct 2017
#144
It's clever to request a specific when our narrative is much lower hanging fruit.
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#123
She gave the NRA and gun humpers just the quote they need. Maybe it's time for her to go.
brush
Oct 2017
#6
I think it will take a combination of actions, including what Australia did to address this problem
diva77
Oct 2017
#51
Even Scalia said there can be restrictions. Gun-strokers don't interpret gun laws very well.
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#98
Many people have thought Feinstein is not too smart. She triumphed over them all.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#52
I think it was a realistic statement. But not stated (excerpt didn't say) is the follow-on:
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#55
Read my post #55 you are replying to. It answers your exact question you just asked me in #56.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#58
What part of "excerpt did not say" do you not understand? It is in the post title.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#62
There is nothing in the 2nd amendment saying anyone has the right to purchase or sell a gun. nt
fleabiscuit
Oct 2017
#151
Laws would have reduced the death toll. That's important when lives count & injuries last a LIFETIME
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#40
"changing goalposts" charge is distraction. Binary thinking is the end of thinking. Further ...
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#57
I guess hotel owners & their insurance should cover all injuries from snipers in their rooms?
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#13
No event insurance would cover the LV event so its cost will remain the same.
former9thward
Oct 2017
#35
the event location leaser & the hotel will have the shit sued out of them until state government
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#48
City ordinance banning guns with gun sniffer dogs/machines could have prevented this domestic terro
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#63
why not? cities use ordinances banning all kinds of things from n'hoods/cities. places ban guns.
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#72
I'd bet my ass, LV could have outlawed Paddock carrying 19 guns and converting them to
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#82
Converting to auto is already a federal crime. Didn't need Vegas to do that.
AncientGeezer
Oct 2017
#127
Not with a bump stock, Geezer. Gunners and manufacturers go out of their way to skirt the
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#134
If the AWB had been extended to semi-auto rifles capable of being converted with a $99 accessory
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#135
"if guns were not allowed on the street, it would be easy to detect some gun-humper with a...
EX500rider
Oct 2017
#145
No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens --- The Onion
Liberal Veteran
Oct 2017
#68
Law needed: People on psych meds can't buy guns -- especially more than 1.
Liberty Belle
Oct 2017
#90
That just continues a myth that mental illness is a factor in mass shootings.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2017
#108
See addendum in my post above. Your Jesuitical requirement of "mass" murder ideation is silly.
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#114
Continuance and refinement of the AWB would have greatly lessened the death and injury count.
roamer65
Oct 2017
#99
Assault weapons and hi capacity magazines were legal to buy and own during the AWB
Kaleva
Oct 2017
#107
Uh, WHAT?! I can think of PLENTY! Outright gun-ownership ban. Ban on killer's TYPE of gun. Huge tax
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#109
lol...no kidding...the guy had enough money to get a semi-auto rifle no matter what laws we had.
EX500rider
Oct 2017
#133
I think she meant no **current** law on the books would have stopped him, which is true.
Tatiana
Oct 2017
#157