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Related: About this forumTeenager Reportedly Used AR-15 to Kill Five in New Mexico
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/01/teenager-reportedly-used-ar-15-kill-five-new-mexico/61199/A 15-year-old was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing a family Saturday evening just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, after using the weapon that's dominated much of the gun control conversation -- the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Here's what we know for sure: a family of five was found dead in a house in a secluded area just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday night. The bodies included an adult male, and adult female, one juvenile male and two juvenile females . An unidentified 15-year-old was arrested and charged for killing all five people. Several weapons were found inside the house, including a military style assault rifle. Police officials wouldn't disclose any relation between the shooter and the family or any of the identities, either.
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AR15 - the American choice for mass murder.
ban it
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Teenager Reportedly Used AR-15 to Kill Five in New Mexico (Original Post)
jpak
Jan 2013
OP
So, AK-47 is "out," and AR-15 is "in?" Didn't know controllers were such style hounds.
Eleanors38
Jan 2013
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Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)1. disagree. ban what it does.
that way you also ban every other firearm that has the same lethality. That way you close the loopholes.
It's silly to ban a model (which is essentially just a name) or a visual style.
holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)2. America has a history of silly bans ...
... controversial books, explicit song lyrics, interracial marriage, recreational drugs and, most notably, a federal ban on alcohol.
Getting hysterical and banning something is part of our National Psyche.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)4. I know I'm in the Gugeon because those comparisons are ridiculous...
but you think they make sense. You should post this in the real world and see what most people think.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)9. Uh, anonymous smear & attack with impunity?. Old stuff. nt
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)3. one model down
several thousand of the same type to go
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)5. Kick & Rec. n/t.
ileus
(15,396 posts)6. AR-15 my favorite choice for saving lives.
Adam Lanza used it to save us from all those school children and their teachers, and James Holmes helped save us from moviegoers.
All thanks to that wonderful lifesaver, the AR-15.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)8. So, AK-47 is "out," and AR-15 is "in?" Didn't know controllers were such style hounds.
That's the problem with the gun-control approach. Always debating tail fins and tutone color schemes.
sylvi
(813 posts)10. If magazine capacity
If magazine capacity could have been limited to five, this wouldn't have happened!
Umm...nevermind.