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Gun Control & RKBA

Taitertots

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40. So your complaint is that other groups are too popular and too well funded

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Fri Sep 19, 2014, 03:21 PM

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Why Gun Control Groups Have Moved Away from an Assault Weapons Ban [View all] VScott Sep 2014 OP

As soon as we have a sugar daddy like you have upaloopa Sep 2014 #1

Feinstein study: AWB increased sales of "military style" rifles. From Sen. Feinstein's page: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #2

Thats becuasr of stupid loopholes allowing ones in circulation to remain so.e ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #3

Except that it's very problematic unless you make a blanket ban krispos42 Sep 2014 #4

got awful quiet Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #9

Lol sorry Im just not a tireless rebutter. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #12

you mean like my 1926 Mosin bolt action rifle? Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #13

I don't know why you have a need to know why people IronGate Sep 2014 #14

"There are reams of evidence that gun control works" Yes, but not the kind *you* want friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #17

Gun control is a myth discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #27

I do not own "military grade assault weapons"I have M1 Garands. n/t oneshooter Sep 2014 #29

Wasn t the M1 the standard issue weapon of the US military in WW2? ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #31

I'd say... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #32

The Springfield rifled musket was the standard issue weapon of the US military in the Civil War. Straw Man Sep 2014 #33

better get these off the market discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2014 #34

Post#32 answers your question. oneshooter Sep 2014 #36

And you can shoot at 600+ yards with one. jeepnstein Sep 2014 #38

but it is NOT an "assault weapon/rifle. n/t oneshooter Sep 2014 #39

Welcome back. nt. IronGate Sep 2014 #30

"Military grade assault weapons" (e.g. select-fire) have been banned since 1986 benEzra Sep 2014 #37

It was impossible to totally outlaw semiautomatic firearms. Also I know a good number of ... spin Sep 2014 #15

Stupid loopholes? Straw Man Sep 2014 #19

They had no problem outlawing drugs but I don t aee amyone getting compensated. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #21

Drugs being a consumable, ... Straw Man Sep 2014 #22

"They had no problem outlawing drugs..." beevul Sep 2014 #25

Well, if you're building prisons, yes. blueridge3210 Sep 2014 #26

And, those numbers don't include sales of stripped and 80% receivers VScott Sep 2014 #23

That link says just under 4 million AR's, if I read it right... benEzra Sep 2014 #28

You have a backer worth 33 billion dollars (Bloomberg). Why isn't that enough? friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #5

You have Bloomberg, the Joyce Foundation, Bill Gates and you think you don't have the rich Lurks Often Sep 2014 #6

Wishful thinking. IronGate Sep 2014 #8

Bloombergs worth billions Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #10

Actually, a more salient reason the "ban" won't be pursued: Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #11

Bloomberg's fortune dwarfs the NRA's assets. Straw Man Sep 2014 #16

We are dealing with another example of "false consensus effect" friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #18

LMAO -- "sugar daddy" pablo_marmol Sep 2014 #20

So your complaint is that other groups are too popular and too well funded Taitertots Sep 2014 #40

That's why every payday I invest in more pmags. ileus Sep 2014 #7

"she realized that pushing for a ban isn�t the best way to prevent gun deaths." beevul Sep 2014 #24

Adding a link to the Cindy Horn story linked in your other reply. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #35