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Gun Control & RKBA

AtheistCrusader

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30. You realize the movie is intended as an anti-war piece, and the makers are probably pretty

Reply to rdharma (Reply #14)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:19 AM

Jun 2013

horrified that it was glorified in the manner it was by pop culture, right?

Remember how most of the good guys die badly? Those left are dripping blood? They encounter one of the top bad guys, and neither side kills the other out of respect/horror for the things that have been done up to that point?

It's a pretty good movie if you pay attention.

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

Gee! That's s surprise. Most guns are brought in from states with lax gun laws! rdharma Jun 2013 #1

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

Actually, if you paid a bit more attention you'd find that most guns were purchased in Massachussets S_B_Jackson Jun 2013 #17

"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

With no gun registration or private background checks in many cases....... rdharma Jun 2013 #8

*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

Meaningless without a UNIVERSAL required record of transfer for tracing! nt rdharma Jun 2013 #9

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

With the lax ownership/transfer laws currently on the books...... yes.... pretty meaningless! rdharma Jun 2013 #11

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

You realize the movie is intended as an anti-war piece, and the makers are probably pretty AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #30

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