Gun Control & RKBA

brindleboxer

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19. The availability of semi-automatics

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:44 PM

Dec 2012

probably makes mass shooting marginally more deadly. It's unclear as to whether or not a ban on those would actually have any impact on further mass shootings, given how many are already in circulation. Beyond that, you have to ask the question of whether or not the minimal amount of lives that might be saved would be worth such an intrusion into the rights of gun owners.

Given that most gun control advocates do not own guns, and in fact harbor some amount of antipathy towards gun owners, it's a zero-cost proposal to you so I'm sure you think the intrusion is justified. Fortunately, they alone do not determine our national gun policy.

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A genuine waste of time... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 OP

firearms have two enemies... ileus Dec 2012 #1

one is rust n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #4

lol nt darkangel218 Dec 2012 #32

Well, all us... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #33

How do you propose restricting the sale of weapons that are able to cause mass carnage? SecularMotion Dec 2012 #2

Require an NICS check... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #3

I agree brindleboxer Dec 2012 #5

I would only accept... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #6

Why would it be bad brindleboxer Dec 2012 #7

It's a privacy issue. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #11

I get that... brindleboxer Dec 2012 #13

Federal access to the NICS... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #15

Anything that might actually work harms the gun control cause. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #8

You-o-o-o got it. Universal NICS has been advocated here for yrs. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #9

Ban the sale of all new semi-automatic long guns. krispos42 Dec 2012 #17

Might be the only decent solution. Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #18

The availability of semi-automatics brindleboxer Dec 2012 #19

How many lives saved would be worth it to you? Starboard Tack Dec 2012 #30

Yes, I read that thread... brindleboxer Dec 2012 #31

Specious argument... Bay Boy Jan 2013 #37

If pools were designed to drown children, then I would support a ban. Starboard Tack Jan 2013 #38

Manual-action rifles would become "tacticalized" if tactical semi-autos were discontinued. krispos42 Dec 2012 #26

What??? No shoulder thingie that goes up??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #34

does that mean that my ruger .22 would be banned? Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #20

Don't you even think about... brindleboxer Dec 2012 #21

no, not really. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #22

Ha Ha...you said death spewer. ileus Dec 2012 #23

Barring an exception for rimfires... yeah. krispos42 Dec 2012 #24

so then, mine would be "grandfathered" in? *whew* Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #25

Well, at least brindleboxer Dec 2012 #10

What did pistol grips... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #12

I think... brindleboxer Dec 2012 #14

:opens coat: discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #16

We need bigger flames bowens43 Dec 2012 #27

You have a great New Year's friend discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2012 #28

You keep posting this... brindleboxer Dec 2012 #29

I could go for that rl6214 Jan 2013 #35

And that's fine... brindleboxer Jan 2013 #36