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In reply to the discussion: The latest murderer [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)40. So you support a ban on on guns that can be used for mass killings?
Is that your position?
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It is sad that so many people will have such a horrific event they need to absorb
rustydog
Dec 2012
#3
it seems there are a lot of bank robberies lately. don't know how valid that perception is but it
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#198
I've already explained it but you won't hear it. Keep playing politics with this.
trouble.smith
Dec 2012
#250
LOL. I didn't realize there were still some gun nuts pushing Fast and Furious conspiracy theories.
DanTex
Dec 2012
#89
There are always some willing to give the police arbitrary power over someone else.
hack89
Dec 2012
#183
no, the intersection of handguns and suicide is not simply a mental health problem:
maxsolomon
Dec 2012
#238
Even if you do nothing else, silence is assent. & Maybe the rest of us would be okay with
patrice
Dec 2012
#94
Since 35,000 people are killed in auto collisions every year, does that make every licenesed driver
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#68
Guns are the only weapons with a major lobby that obstructs all regulations.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#222
So this is about numbers. How is more of some 1 thing that is not intrinsically valuable in and
patrice
Dec 2012
#131
If that means anything at all, it means that MEANWHILE the killing has to stop. This idea that
patrice
Dec 2012
#160
Gun owners are under greater responsiblity to ensure the safety of deadly weapons.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#110
It's not just guns, but the use of guns does have a more direct, more highly probable, relationships
patrice
Dec 2012
#140
I find it hilarious when gun enthusiasts try to distinguish themselves from
morningfog
Dec 2012
#212
Intent doesn't matter. Results do. No-one intends to get their firearms stolen.
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#136
All your cited hunting calibers are far more powerful than most AR-pattern rifles...
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#85
Yes, the spate of "mass axings" in our culture -- at workplaces and shopping malls -- is disturbing
villager
Dec 2012
#64
The UK saw a pretty large spike in knifings after they enacted their near-total gun ban.
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#172
Are you proposing that wholesale reintroduction of guns into the UK will make violence go down?
villager
Dec 2012
#178
Well, throughout history armies slaughtered whole populations with swords and spears.
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#244
I think the real point is that if we could magically make every AR-15 disappear,
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#177
When there is a way to make anything theft-proof, be sure to let us know, O.K.? n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#86
You seemed to be insinuating that the lawful owner did not properly safeguard his property.
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#107
not really most gunsafes are not as secure as most think. A good safe cost more than most
former-republican
Dec 2012
#132
Assuming controlling firearms will make anything better is a putrid leap of logic.
Indydem
Dec 2012
#124
AR-15's are not at all "high powered". No matter how many times you claim they are. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#157
Here is the link, but it doesn't change the fact, that guns are too readily available
rustydog
Dec 2012
#18
But you are incorrect on that , there are at least 6 states I know of where the .223 is legal
former-republican
Dec 2012
#151
According to the news reports it was stolen by the shooter the day prior. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#159
Objects that only accidentially or negligently cause harm are not by definition "weapons."
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#235
I'm only fixated on it because it is repeated ad nauseum by the gun enthusiasts.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#247
Every gun show at the fairgrounds/firehall I've ever been to requires a 4473 and a background check.
Remmah2
Dec 2012
#41
Not at all. It just requires some extra police work to do interviews and locate people. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#91
So you seem to be saying that your friend did have criminal history or intent....
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#258
The law states that one may not sell a gun to a person if you have reason to believe that the buyer
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#260
Upon further examination, I see the UN document also guarantees private property rights,
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#245
Looks like a kid. I wonder what happened to him to twist up his mind so badly.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#93
Okay, fine..........let's include teh Girandoni Repeating Rifle, not an AK-46.
George II
Dec 2012
#196
The Constitution was amended to expand the vote, it wasn't amended to expand........
George II
Dec 2012
#195
There is no restriction of "assault rifles" (which you probably can't define) inherent....
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#221
Depending on the state you live in, out of a crowd of 30 people, you can assume 7 have a permit to
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#220
There is plenty of reason to oppose the NRA without making crap up, even as snark.
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#169
Interesting hypothesis.... but your facetiousness really isn't helpfull. n/t
PavePusher
Dec 2012
#219