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Gun Control & RKBA

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18. Aww come on

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 01:00 AM

Jun 2013

I bet you have every line memorized and cried when the fighter pilot got killed.
Oh yeah, AF fighter pilots remove their patches and name tags when flying in battle. The Col wouldn't be wearing the "Eagle Driver" patch either.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18812_5-reasons-red-dawn-secretly-subversive-anti-war-film.html

But then, art very rarely imitates life.

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Interesting ATF Firearms Trace data for 2012 [View all] geckosfeet Jun 2013 OP

That is precisely what the data do NOT show. geckosfeet Jun 2013 #3

"Factual accuracy is strictly optional for gun control advocates" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2013 #20

Just more flame bait!! CokeMachine Jun 2013 #26

You might want to get your eyes checked and re-read the chart. AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #29

average is is over 14 years. gejohnston Jun 2013 #2

That's from time of original traceable source. rdharma Jun 2013 #4

that's the claim about gejohnston Jun 2013 #5

*All* Massachusetts firearms sales have background checks- no private sales here. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2013 #21

Thats gonna leave a mark. N/T beevul Jun 2013 #22

It's gotta be tough fishing CokeMachine Jun 2013 #27

Oh, he just noodlin' around. Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #28

National average is 11.12 years (at bottom of charts) geckosfeet Jun 2013 #6

MA is 14 gejohnston Jun 2013 #7

The whole thing is pretty meaningless anyway gejohnston Jun 2013 #10

IIRC, the Soviets got them from 4473s gejohnston Jun 2013 #13

What a hokey bunch of BS that movie was! rdharma Jun 2013 #14

unless there was something stratigic about that town gejohnston Jun 2013 #15

Sorry! There was NOTHING believable in that crappy film. nt rdharma Jun 2013 #16

Aww come on gejohnston Jun 2013 #18

Be kind- they've got a lot of time on their hands now that school's out... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2013 #19

That is one of the few things we can agree on. N/T GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #25

Well. The ATF seems to think it means something. Not sure exactly what. geckosfeet Jun 2013 #12

Gee! That's s surprise. Most guns were brought in from MASS! ileus Jun 2013 #23

The case with all the state data that I have looked at so far. geckosfeet Jun 2013 #24

So much for the 'iron river' meme. AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #31

The only state where that looks at all like it might be factor is NY. geckosfeet Jun 2013 #32