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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Credibility Poll [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,483 posts)10. Well...
...most of what I hear about gun control laws is that guns kill ~ 30,000 people in the US every year. Then the message about how an AWB or just a ban on ARs would be such a great thing. If some politician wants to float a bill that outlaws future sales of ARs, I'd like to actually hear them admit "Yes, there are 30,000 firearm related deaths in the US annually and my well considered and carefully articulated ban can't possibly affect 99% of those."
Just for the sake of credibility.
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I just think it's really ironic that all the posts on what the NRA is doing in GD and LBN ...
DonP
May 2013
#16
I could be wrong, but I never seem to see other posts from the usual suspects which are
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#26
Depends what the gun control side is after. If they are trying to limit another Newtown style
jmg257
May 2013
#5
The only piece of AWB that had any logic was the magazine capacity limit
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2013
#17