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Gun Control & RKBA

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17. Perhaps it is the point you were making that didn't square…ever think of that?

Reply to hack89 (Reply #16)

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 07:15 PM

Jun 2016

Had VA Tech shooter been armed with 2 semi-automatic rifles (NOT 'designed for mass casualties' as I'm being told) he would still have been stopped at 32 kills because your implied point is that there is very little difference between shooters armed with handguns and shooters armed with semi-automatic rifles (NOT 'designed for mass casualties) as you thoughtful folks have noted.

Thanks SO much.

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Armed citizen stops mass shooting at SC nightclub [View all] Just reading posts Jun 2016 OP

Not a gun free zone apparently... Human101948 Jun 2016 #1

Never does sarisataka Jun 2016 #11

I'm glad he won't be charged. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #2

Yup, always aim for center of mass. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #3

The shooter had a handgun. Could have been an entirely different story if he was using an assault blm Jun 2016 #4

Thankfully, weapons 'designed for mass casualties' are tightly controlled. beevul Jun 2016 #5

Oh...'mass casualties' aren't the result of civilians being armed with semi-automatic rifles. blm Jun 2016 #8

Are those goalposts lighter now that you removed 'designed' from them? N/T beevul Jun 2016 #10

Civilians don't use semi-automatic rifles to commit mass casualties because semi-automatic rifles blm Jun 2016 #12

Semi-automatic rifles are not designed for mass casualties. beevul Jun 2016 #19

And that's why civilians choose semi-automatic rifles NOT designed for mass casualties blm Jul 2016 #20

If we look around and investigate enough... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #21

Kerosene and fertilizer are not designed for mass casualties. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #22

An... Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #6

Forgot about VA Tech? nt hack89 Jun 2016 #7

More likely ignoring it, as it doesn't fit into the current moral panic. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #9

So more people couldabeen killed at VA Tech if ONLY that shooter had been equipped like blm Jun 2016 #13

Adam Lanza didn't need an AR-15 to kill those kids hack89 Jun 2016 #14

And the VA shooter would have stopped at 32 had he a semi-automatic rifle NOT designed to blm Jun 2016 #15

He didn't stop hack89 Jun 2016 #16

Perhaps it is the point you were making that didn't square…ever think of that? blm Jun 2016 #17

Pistols are just as lethal at close range hack89 Jun 2016 #18

Had he not been stopped, he probably would have killed more... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #23