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In reply to the discussion: Latest right-wing meme- "No assault rifle used at Sandy Hook" [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)24. Does tragedy change the meaning of words? (nt)
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A gun that shoots lots of bullets really, really fast without having to reload for a while
Sugarcoated
Jan 2013
#157
You know, a lot of pro-gun control people have constructively engaged with me on this
Recursion
Jan 2013
#42
Wow. That is some ugly shit. If all the time and money spent on the creation and production of the
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#153
No one outside the gun community cares about splitting hairs on the definition --
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#146
Go tell that the parents who had to watch their children's bodies blown to bits
malaise
Jan 2013
#18
Yes, well we've been hearing this "point" from the gun proliferates for some time
Major Nikon
Jan 2013
#152
I grant that point, I just think marketers will always find a way to meet that
Recursion
Jan 2013
#45
The culture you attack manifests itself in many ways, not just in the choice
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#140
but the semi-autos with detachable magazines would be legal or illegal depending
arely staircase
Jan 2013
#93
That's a fair point, and one no legislator has deemed worthy of consideration
Recursion
Jan 2013
#49
No, I'm not making your point as well. IF you bothered to click my links
Ghost in the Machine
Jan 2013
#162
He said it was the rifle. And the rifle isn't an assault rifle or an assault weapon.
Recursion
Jan 2013
#63
The 30 round magazine was legal in CT but would have been illegal under the Fed AWB
Marrah_G
Jan 2013
#26
If the fed ban had stayed in place there wouldn't still be alot of pre-bans around
Marrah_G
Jan 2013
#98
I know- but they post a video of Pete Williams saying the handguns were found and not a rifle
Beaverhausen
Jan 2013
#40
One kid was shot 11 times. 11 times. If that is not an assault rifle, than I don't know what is.
jillan
Jan 2013
#32
Being an assault weapon has *nothing* to do with how many bullets a gun can fire. Nothing.
Recursion
Jan 2013
#54
Don't Be Fooled. The Gun Activists Are Trying To Control The Vocabulary, And Thus The Argument.
Paladin
Jan 2013
#69
Just more reason to outright ban 100% of all weapons/bullets in the streets
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#82
Better still ban all guns that look, act, fire like the one used for the massacre
samsingh
Jan 2013
#100
That is because it is a report from right after the event when the media was FUBAR
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#114