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Buns_of_Fire

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36. I suspect it'll be a very short investigation.

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 06:44 AM

Dec 2012

A couple of calls to the producer, a couple of calls to NBC legal, maybe a representative dropping by to look at it, and that'll be the end of it.

For all one could tell on the screen, it might have been a non-operational 3D-printed magazine painted with a can of flat-black Rustoleum. Or carved, or plastic, or whatever.

Damned good thing he didn't show a nipple at the same time, though. That's a hangin' offense in these parts, pardner.

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Simple possession is against the law. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #17

I guess you'd have to call me irrational tularetom Dec 2012 #4

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i bet he got it from W JI7 Dec 2012 #15

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Strange... I would have thought movie-makers & broadcasters would have an exemption. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #6

NBC applied for an exemption and was denied Recursion Dec 2012 #41

But if he showed an actual gun it would have been OK. baldguy Dec 2012 #8

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It needed to be done... Earth_First Dec 2012 #10

Good jal777 Dec 2012 #11

He broke the law in order to engage in a national dialog on gun control... Earth_First Dec 2012 #12

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What 'violation'? It was a fucking prop. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #24

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Could be. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #31

That's what I was thinking. randome Dec 2012 #39

Well as long as he broke the law for a good reason! Indydem Dec 2012 #16

And if arrested, charged and tried... -..__... Dec 2012 #20

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Derp. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #29

Try proving it wasn't a prop. SCVDem Dec 2012 #19

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That's where they draw the line.... WCGreen Dec 2012 #22

It will stop once they nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25

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If I was a cop, I'd be worried about people having weaponry around LaPierre, too Bucky Dec 2012 #28

George H.W. Bush held up a bag of crack on TV once WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #30

Jesus Christ, give me a breaking ... how fucking RIDICULOUS! nt Raine Dec 2012 #33

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He's a rich, white, non-gay Bohunk68 Dec 2012 #35

I suspect it'll be a very short investigation. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #36

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The funniest thing about this to me is.... Fla_Democrat Dec 2012 #37

Simple enough Lurker Deluxe Dec 2012 #38

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