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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:58 AM Original message |
Proud Dad, Laws of Physics, Uzi = Dead Son |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. For me, there is no "proper supervision" when an 8-year-old is shooting a machine gun. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Thi is what I wrote to a friend of mine about just this... |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Used to be |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. This may be the most logical |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Kids that young shouldn't be allowed through the door. |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Guns Don't Kill People |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. My understanding was the gun was an actual sub-machine gun and... |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The link is there |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. I Don't Wonder About That |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Agreed |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. This kind? |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Where'd You Get |
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Caria (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. I grew up in deer-hunting land |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. That was Yesterday's NRA |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. .........And the father can't understand how it happened |
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Caria (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Kid had been shooting guns for 3 years |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Father clearly a nut |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. A normal dad would have been carving pumpkins with his son, |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Doctors aren't automatically |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. That surprises me too. All the ER docs I know have strong opinions about safety. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. Dumbass strikes again more like it. |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Lock him up |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I have no objection to that at all. |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes, it's manslaughter. Toss in endagerment of a child for good measure n/t |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I Doubt He's A Broken Man |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That is the final stage of grief for a conservative. |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, I'd Like To Clarify My Statement |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Agreed all around |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. I didn't think I needed the sarcasm tag on my last post, but to clarify ... |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No need to argue |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Oh, Not To Worry, I Got That |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Hmmm. |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Please Accept My Apology |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Don't the barrels rupture because the weapon is dirty ? |
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Indepatriot (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. Dear Old Dad is guilty of Negligent Homicide. |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 04:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. For how long? |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Locking him up sends a stronger message. |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Good point |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. This is wrong on so many levels |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Evidently |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Don't uzis fire about 100 rounds a second? |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Second, minute |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It's a phenomenal rate, and must make it more dangerous in the hands of a child. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's more the shape than the rate |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Think about that for a moment |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thanks for the education |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. 10 rounds per second, for a NFA Title 2/Class III restricted Uzi. (n/t) |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Addendum---this was a Micro Uzi, so the rate of fire was 20 rounds/second, |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I rest my case. Such rapid fire must surely exaggerate any recoil enormously. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Er, Micro Uzi's are as tightly controlled as 105mm howitzers, and have nothing to do |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. It was a machinegun. Machineguns have been tightly controlled for 74 years |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It may have been the police chief |
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Stargazer09 (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Sad, just sad |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. “no age limit or licenses required to shoot machine guns.” Maybe not, but what about child |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. This is one of those rare cases where I feel more sorry for those concerned |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. Guns are not toys. Gun nuts seem to have forgotten. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. The father is who is most disturbing in this story |
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Stingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-29-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Yes, |
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