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Showing Original Post only (View all)When a Glock semi-automatic pistol can shoot 33 rounds without reloading, killing dozens of people [View all]
in a couple minutes, who -- except for gun apologists -- cares whether the murder weapon was a rifle or a pistol?
The point is that it really doesn't matter which efficiently deadly gun the shooter used; we make it way too easy for extremely lethal weapons to get into the hands of disturbed people.
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When a Glock semi-automatic pistol can shoot 33 rounds without reloading, killing dozens of people [View all]
pnwmom
Dec 2012
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The NRA cares - the more people guns kill, the more illogical paranoia they can whip up
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#1
I agree. How many bullets could a gun hold in the days the Constitution was written?
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#15
The only reasons to have a magazine that big are mass murder and combat
ItsTheMediaStupid
Dec 2012
#5
That sort of weapon has no business being in the public or owned by a private citizen. It has ONE
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#6
Agree...I didn't know that either. What possible reason would one need to own one of these
KoKo
Dec 2012
#20
It's certainly not a 100% thing, but if it were MY child, I would have preferred that a teacher or
TPaine7
Dec 2012
#23
Among other things from having been in real shootouts between the cartels
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2012
#31