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In reply to the discussion: Impact of Assault Weapons Ban - Illustration- [View all]samsingh
(17,595 posts)85. not more irrational than stockpiling weapons to fight the government in the event
that they for some reason want to give up their 20million dollar speaking fees and instead order a takeoff of the civilian areas.
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but there were fewer sold and high capacity magazines were not being sold
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2013
#25
The fact that the number after the ban expired is more than twice what it was before the ban...
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#3
Question- How many of those killings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#15
All you did is highlight that a subsection of one age group shifted.You didn't refute anything.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#16
Info on types of guns used in mass shootings. Interesting. Not wanting to argue with anyone
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#33
We could limit (even handgun) magazines to 6, but it only takes a split second to reload.
LAGC
Jan 2013
#38
And like second-hand smoke, extended responsibility for children in the home.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#79
How many shootings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger body counts?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#18
This reaffirms my position that we need to address violence in general…not just guns
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#23
Can you tell which one of these were banned? One of these were banned, and one was legal.
Separation
Jan 2013
#39
If you assume they are both functional semi-automatics, you can tell by looking
Recursion
Jan 2013
#60
and yet, i've had people posting the exact opposite stats over the past few weeks
samsingh
Jan 2013
#54
not more irrational than stockpiling weapons to fight the government in the event
samsingh
Jan 2013
#85
The graph is misleading, the bans are more at fault for this graph than the weapon is
madville
Jan 2013
#61
Graphs and statistics fail at the most basic of the idea of the cost of weapon mayhem.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#83
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#92
So the fact that military style semi-automatic rifles were legal during the AWB is spin?
hack89
Jan 2013
#100
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#104
Ooohh...the poster still has problems with the reading portion of the reply(s). That's unfortunate.
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#109