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Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

(6,185 posts)

5. Now there's an oxymoron for you

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 08:59 PM

Aug 2016

They're getting around the law ... by complying with it.

That's what happens when you're in a big rush to pass a law for the optics and fund raising benefit of it, rather than an actual effect.

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Smith & Wesson gives $500,000 to fight Massachusetts assault rifle ban [View all] Eugene Aug 2016 OP

Still a weird story.... jmg257 Aug 2016 #1

Now there's an oxymoron for you DonP Aug 2016 #5

Yuri Orlov: "Where there's a will, there's a weapon." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #6

I'm way past ignoring them ... DonP Aug 2016 #8

Only in the world of Control sarisataka Aug 2016 #7

I think the legal meaning of "copy" and "duplicate" is the problem. aikoaiko Aug 2016 #13

This is what happens when the clueless people write laws.... ManiacJoe Aug 2016 #2

Yep, lol Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #3

A small point of order -- This isn't a law this is a unilateral decree by the State Attorney General Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #9

Pardon my interruption but I infer that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #10

And 'overly creative' interpretation is allowed. N/T beevul Aug 2016 #14

She didn't ban "assault rifles". She banned rifles that *aren't* assault weapons benEzra Aug 2016 #4

Let's talk about stopping gun proliferation, which equals ...proliferation. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #11

Glad they are putting that money to good use..nt virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #12

Waiting for the "Go Fund Me" page from the control folks ... any minute now ... DonP Aug 2016 #15