Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Latest right-wing meme- "No assault rifle used at Sandy Hook" [View all]NickB79
(19,233 posts)144. Any 30-rd magazine made before 1994 was grandfathered in
If the magazines used in Lanza's rifle were old enough, they too would be legal in CT. Not sure how Mass. does it these days.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
165 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
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