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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:03 AM Original message |
This is why assault weapons should be illegal! |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think the person that did the shooting gave a damn |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. If you can define "assault weapon", I'll listen. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Forgive my ignorance.... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. AK-47 |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I know that "assualt rifle" is somewhat arbitrary as a term, but why isn't an AK47 one generally? |
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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It was the FIRST assault rifle |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Thanks, Im knowledgable of AK47s BTW |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. That's true...and a fully-automatic AK-47 is illegal to own in the U.S. |
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Testament (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
105. It's 200 per transfer of an NFA firearm except AOWs at 5 dollars. n/t |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I'll go with the StG44 being the first true assault rifle. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
92. Assault Rifles: full-auto capable. "Assault weapons:" gun-controller term... |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I don't know |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I didn't imply more "lethal" by saying that.... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Only 3% of U.S. murders involve any type of rifle, |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
87. A real AK-47 is an "assault rifle" |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
89. "assault rifle" is actually defined pretty well |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. No way. |
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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He was right on top of them |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Wow. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. He shot them through the door, wall, and window |
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WhoIsNumberNone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I am not an expert, but here's what I know- |
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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. BushCo let the ban expire |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Rightfully. The definition of "assault weapon" in the AWB made no sense. |
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logjon (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
121. sensibility |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Bush can be blamed for a lot, but the AWB reauthorization never made it to Bush's desk |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. No Caroleeena, Congress let the ban expire |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
76. Wrong, Sen Craig from Idaho |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
82. Your own wiki link refutes your allegations? Did you even read it? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
90. Which one of these should be banned? |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #90 |
109. Which should be banned? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
93. Do you acknowledge the difference between "full auto" and "semi-auto?"... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
110. Deleted message |
Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
115. Bush would have signed the ban |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. Full auto makes no friggin difference |
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phigmeta (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
111. and oswald proved that any gun can be fired quickly |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #111 |
113. no he didn't |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
72. What you "know" is not true. |
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phigmeta (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #72 |
112. Because of the AWB he probibly owns this gun |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
114. No. No. No. You're wrong in every sentence, basically. |
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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It was an AK-47 |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Why is it "crazy"? Are you under the impression that all AK-47s are fully automatic? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. In order for it to be an ak47 |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Consider your hysterical concern to be duly noted. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. In my 1986 copy of Gun Digest Assault Weapons book, every firearm in it.... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Not "evolved to include"...automatic weapons are already restricted. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. No kidding. Minus 'evolved' then. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. He could have just as easily been killed with a revolver. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ya, this was a recipe for disaster. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. The rate of fire is still fast with a semi-auto -and the magazine capacity |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
83. And free speech on the internet, banned..Find a good proxy server |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
101. I have been thinking about your question since yesterday. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Automatic weapons ARE illegal without very special licenses, which are impossible to get. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Actually, those permits are not "impossible to get". |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Regardless, the guy was a felon and wasn't supposed to have a firearm anyway. eom |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. That sad case, shows many things. The war on drugs is a failure, Dangerous criminals should be in.. |
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Rancid Crabtree (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. Why don't they enforce the laws we already have? |
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Vroomfondel (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. Jesus......here go the knee-jerks again. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. Horrible story and crime. And it would have just has bad if he had used a shotgun with a full |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. I Agree, Caroleeena, But... |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. And we aren't. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. I keep up pretty well and have not seen a "sensible' gun control |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
94. Should any semi-auto weapon be banned? (nt) |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. I totally agree. No average American citizen needs an assault weapon. Rec'd. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I disagree. Self-defense is fine reason (i.e., need) to own such a weapon. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. What's wrong with a regular pistol or rifle for self-defense? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yes, but a situation where one would be needed wouldn't be average or normal. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. "Assault weapons" ARE regular rifles. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. I almost wrote the same thing, but didn't have the strength to explain. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. You'd think that after TWENTY YEARS, we wouldn't have to be still explaining this. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. If you "need" to own such a thing, then maybe you should evaluate . |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Being a victim is a relatively low probablity event. One could go their entire life without being |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. Are you speaking of small-caliber, non-automatic civilian rifles with modern styling, or |
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57_TomCat (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. I own one not because... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #50 |
96. I've evaluated: I will keep all my things -- most un-needed (nt) |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
95. Do you need a car? Most of your clothes? A bed? Books? A.C.? (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
39. Would the boy be any less dead if the guy had used a shotgun? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Indeed. It's like debating whether a hit-and-run death involved a car or a truck |
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Breathe (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. It's unlikely |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Depends on how you look at it: 1 shotgun shell may hold 9 OO buckshot (8.4 mm in diameter). |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. A shotgun loaded with 00 buckshot fires 12 .33 caliber projectiles with every trigger pull. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
97. I saw triple-ought referred to as .38s in an 1891 interview re an outlaw's slaying (nt) |
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Testament (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. That'd be about right, .38 is actual .357, 000=.36 |
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Codename46 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Hey, could you at least address all the previous rebuttals against you |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
84. Incorrect. The shotgun |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
102. You should tell this guy that |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
41. A pistol could have done the same thing. |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
42. Automatic weapons ARE NOT by definition assualt weapons |
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MarkInCA (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
49. You lost me at "legislate some sanity" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. People just want a chance to defend themselves. Take this lady.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I promise to not interfere with your personal choice to have a home without a firearm, as long as.. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm not for banning guns...I support strict gun control... |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
118. Fortunately, those laws already exist. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Umm that was not a legal gun. If they were illegal, he would still be dead |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
60. The child was killed by stupidity |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. You're thinking of a different case. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. ah my mistake |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
66. This is why this "issue" is a loser for Democrats. |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
69. Talk about opening a can or worms. Welcome to DU |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. You are right on several counts. |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. LOL thanks |
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Codename46 (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
70. This is why uninformed opinions should be illegal. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
74. The guy was a dope dealer. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm sorry that you are so uninformed, that makes me sad. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
80. Your ignorance on this topic is astounding. Automatic firearms have been tightly controlled since |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
81. Caroleeena, you are TWO DAYS late with your DUPE |
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Citizen Number 9 (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
86. All emotion and no logic. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
88. It was a semi-auto rifle, not fully automatic. |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
91. Here is your basic problem |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. Remember: do not feed, romance or enable the crim. (nt) |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. We enabled him by not locking him up |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
100. Guns weren't the problem |
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Rabon (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
103. Shooting |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
104. Trying to gin up a moral panic, are we? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
107. You want sanity? Why punish me for the actions of a CONVICTED FELON? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
108. Gun control should be focused on taking firearms from criminals... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. It worked for DUIs which *still* *kill* more than guns do (and that's *including* suicides). |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #108 |
119. Theres a simple solution to that... |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
117. The AWB wouldn't have prevented this |
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-Wolverine- (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:12 AM Response to Original message |
120. Tell me the difference |
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Farmall (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-14-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
122. IF he was shot with an AUTOMATIC WEAPON...... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
123. We could respon to this event rationally |
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