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In reply to the discussion: The CT shooter armed with a "high-powered assault rifle." Six bullets a SECOND. [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)41. If rifles and "bullet proof vests (they aren't)" confered invincibility....
we'd have been done in Afghanistan several years ago.
And guess what? People with pistols have stopped criminals with rifles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_Square_shooting
And it doesn't take an off-duty officer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Colorado_YWAM_and_New_Life_shootings
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The CT shooter armed with a "high-powered assault rifle." Six bullets a SECOND. [View all]
pnwmom
Dec 2012
OP
Didn't you "actually" read the post? He had several weapons, including a high-powered rifle.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#2
With guns it's more about who is first to hit the other rather than the power of the weapon
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#4
Nope, I'm not going to bother because I've cited the Harvard research dozens of times here.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#62
1) That story is most likely wrong -- it repeats something said hours ago and since
cthulu2016
Dec 2012
#5
Only gun nuts care to quibble about whether a gun is an "assault rifle" or an "assault weapon."
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#48
This is a distinction without a difference. How does it help to pick the "correct" word?
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#68
A report said that he was wearing a military style vest. The report didn't say whether it was
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#7
But, but, the gun rights folks say there's no such thing as an "assault rifle"!!
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#10
A rifle is a weapon, right? That means an assault rifle is an assault weapon.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#33
It could only shoot 6 bullets a second if the shooter is able to pull the trigger six times per....
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2012
#17