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You cant be series. It's simple to pay out cash for a killing machine. Too much work rhett o rick Dec 2012 #1
That's why we have laws DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #2
I would imagine you are right shintao Dec 2012 #4
yes, you're right. But he'll get 50 years with no parole just for possessing it DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2012 #8
If you ban child porn, they start making it at home. baldguy Dec 2012 #3
Not sure where you went with that??????????? shintao Dec 2012 #7
Thank you for proving my point. baldguy Dec 2012 #19
Another paid NRA/Gungeon billh58 Dec 2012 #25
So you are still saying "all gun owners have blood on their hands" ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #22
Look at the premise of the OP. baldguy Dec 2012 #23
Mass shootings would then ironically result in Darwin Awards NoOneMan Dec 2012 #5
Who is going to do that? XRubicon Dec 2012 #6
I've been making twinkies at home for a few weeks now.... hope I don't get caught. n/t 2on2u Dec 2012 #9
OK you make a semi auto, you go to jail for say 10 years...how many jmg257 Dec 2012 #10
What risk? shintao Dec 2012 #26
Yep - build an illegal gun, go shoot up a school, then run away... jmg257 Dec 2012 #30
That's one of the things that worries me personally. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #38
From the looks of it, we can worry about that in a couple of decades or more. bluedigger Dec 2012 #11
When you use common sense billh58 Dec 2012 #32
All this will do is end up having 3D printers treated lie high definition color printers. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #12
Feeble reason not to make a law frazzled Dec 2012 #13
Well why don't we just write a few red light, tax, arson laws? shintao Dec 2012 #28
That's not a reason to give up on a ban. n/t backscatter712 Dec 2012 #14
You mean gun owners aren't so friggin "law-abiding" after all. Hoyt Dec 2012 #15
This is true. Taverner Dec 2012 #16
Who is They? XRubicon Dec 2012 #17
They = people who have access to welding equipment Taverner Dec 2012 #18
Ok... I guess I need to adjust my tinfoil hat to your frequency XRubicon Dec 2012 #20
oh please. People just aren't very handy, in general. Schema Thing Dec 2012 #29
you need real men molonlabe91 Dec 2012 #33
oh go away, troll. Schema Thing Dec 2012 #37
I don't know where you live, but Matt_R Dec 2012 #49
Duh! ProfessorGAC Dec 2012 #53
sounds like a threat to me....you can make dynamite a home to spanone Dec 2012 #21
Have you all been living under a bridge? Mopar151 Dec 2012 #24
Makes sense to me, Mopar. n/t AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #39
Indeed, handcrafting of firearms is not the problem. bluedigger Dec 2012 #41
Make it a 40 year sentence if caught with one Politicalboi Dec 2012 #27
We already have one of the largest prison populations on the planet pediatricmedic Dec 2012 #44
We have one of the largest billh58 Dec 2012 #51
So we should do nothing, right? malz Dec 2012 #31
:-) molonlabe91 Dec 2012 #34
Do you have any children? XRubicon Dec 2012 #35
Awww, the nice troll billh58 Dec 2012 #36
Ok by me. bhikkhu Dec 2012 #40
When you start your argument with a strawman like "guns you hate the looks of" drm604 Dec 2012 #42
You would think that billh58 Dec 2012 #46
Except the last AWB and to an extent the currently proposed one sir pball Dec 2012 #50
More smoke and mirrors billh58 Dec 2012 #54
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #59
And once again, no one billh58 Dec 2012 #62
Actually if you want good policy you should care. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #63
Yes, my Queen. As you wish. billh58 Dec 2012 #70
At a policy level you should. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #72
Oh, my. Another lecture from an "expert." billh58 Dec 2012 #73
So if you spent time in the bush nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #74
Yes, I have billh58 Dec 2012 #75
What you want is the extension of the 1934 laws nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #76
It is the mind set of those attracted to the "Bushmaster" style, military knock-off, assault rifles. RC Dec 2012 #57
Have you seen the videos of the Pakistani gun markets? pediatricmedic Dec 2012 #43
Other countries manage it somehow, drm604 Dec 2012 #45
Good choice of comparisons, billh58 Dec 2012 #48
+100 Good post. RC Dec 2012 #58
Good luck Macguiver XRubicon Dec 2012 #61
as long as it keeps them busy at home, maybe they will leave us all alone SoCalDem Dec 2012 #47
why don't we try the ban and then revisit it in 5 years samsingh Dec 2012 #52
I used to think that it was only freepers and the like...... wandy Dec 2012 #55
remember heath kit radios dembotoz Dec 2012 #56
Bullshit. ellisonz Dec 2012 #60
Lanza would not have been able to (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #64
It doesn't matter how good a weapon you have rrneck Dec 2012 #65
or you use yours first dembotoz Dec 2012 #67
True. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #68
Why stick with semi-auto? It's just as easy to make a full auto weapon. Kaleva Dec 2012 #66
Who'd thunk we would have computers made in a garage!? Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #69
Which means we should do nothing, right? NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #71
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