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In reply to the discussion: Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate bill [View all]MinneapolisMatt
(1,550 posts)1. Not surprised.
Sadly.
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2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Vote in the primarys. Get rid of these parasites
judesedit
Mar 2013
#5
There is no way Feinstein can be primaried out. She's very well entrenched. She'll be in the...
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#13
About two weeks ago she described the quest for an AW ban as her "life's mission."
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#45
I think Reid's decision to shed the poison pill will help ensure that he doesn't get primaried
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#68
We have a better chance of getting Assault Weapons Bans passed at the state level right now.
SecularMotion
Mar 2013
#7
Show the pictures of the bullet-riddled bodies of the children in a hearing. n/t
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2013
#9
A 22 revolver will not blow the limbs off a child the way a spray from an AR-15 does (and did).
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#48
Seriously? You deny multiple rounds from an AR-15 can blow a KID's limbs off?
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#65
The ability to clip in huge capacity is key, along with the high velocity of the bullets.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#67
As long as the rifle doesn't take extended mags, I'm fine with it. It's the combo.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#72
Without universal background checks, the straw purchaser can 'move' a lot more guns
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#144
Background checks can choke off one avenue by which those guns GET to the 'gangbanger'
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#143
I get that but I suspect it will take several years to see a dramatic change
Trunk Monkey
Mar 2013
#169
It was poision for the more reasonable and broadly accepted parts of the bill
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#11
Not good politics? Most Americans support an AWB. AR killings DOUBLED after the last one expired.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#82
You are spouting nonsense. Figures to discriminate crimes with "assault" vs. "hunting" rifles...
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#136
He's not lying. You could buy pre-ban weapons, new in box, that were produced prior to the ban.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#147
That rifle was perfectly legal for sale in 1995 after the CAWB was enacted.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#146
Of course it backfired. Look at the measurable results of the now-expired federal AWB:
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#28
Laughing at all those 'fools' that stood in line to pay outrageous prices for those AW-lookalikes.;)
Purveyor
Mar 2013
#30
Expected. As the country blueifies and populates, UK and Japan type laws will be come to be.
onehandle
Mar 2013
#35
Nope. That's part of why, at least in some places in the country, that 'breeding' comment is invalid
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#141
The fact remains there have been two mass killings. Meanwhile, the US has had a *greater* reduction
Recursion
Mar 2013
#127
You tried to use numbers, and when you found the numbers don't support your position
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#150
Those dead kids deserve to be seen and if it makes the gun lovers uncomfortable so what
Botany
Mar 2013
#156
I think your conclusion is premature. The demise of the AW ban means a better chance that something
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#47
Background checks on private sales of used firearms would be the biggest gun control win in decades
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#50
Nothing in your links denies that deaths by ARs doubled since the AWB expired.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#104
That 10 year ban didn't stop the sale of weapons like the one used in CT.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#148