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randome

(34,845 posts)
53. Has an assault weapon EVER saved lives?
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 11:24 AM
Jan 2013
I love the smell of trashed nonsense threads in the morning... geckosfeet Jan 2013 #1
Thank you, and yes. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #2
Hilarious! randome Jan 2013 #3
That's exactly the reaction I'm going for, right? paulbibeau Jan 2013 #4
When someone says they're being stalked by... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #5
Awesome satire! randome Jan 2013 #6
As I listened to that woman's (I didn't catch her name) testimony yesterday chemenger Jan 2013 #22
Or like Ralphie with his Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock & this thing which tells time catbyte Jan 2013 #35
HAAAAAA! verrrrry good! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #7
Joe Scar just said coldbeer Jan 2013 #8
I'm glad I could be part of the synchronicity of your day. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #13
pure fiction iiibbb Jan 2013 #9
No assault weapon needed in any of these cases. n/t countingbluecars Jan 2013 #11
How about 4 armed attackers on one? iiibbb Jan 2013 #50
Has an assault weapon EVER saved lives? randome Jan 2013 #53
He's lucky those 4 armed attackers countingbluecars Jan 2013 #54
Which one of these women used an AR again? I know for a fact Nancy Lanza USED to own one. nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #12
Good thing these people had guns SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #15
You already did the heavy lifting for me. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #17
You left out my favorite... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #20
Who wouldn't? randome Jan 2013 #42
Which one was the assault rifle again? paulbibeau Jan 2013 #16
And you are totally right about the statistics... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #21
Actually handguns are "better" for that Recursion Jan 2013 #23
Somebody go tell Gayle Trotter that. She argued otherwise. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #38
1. She's an idiot. 2. She makes the exact same wrong argument AWB proponents do Recursion Jan 2013 #39
The writers on the National Review made a similar argument... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #41
The guy who I think made the most sense was that professor who talked after Mark Kelly Recursion Jan 2013 #44
I will check that out. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #46
None of the cases you cited involved an assault rifle Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #18
I posted one of a man defending his home from a robber with an AR-15 yesterday Recursion Jan 2013 #24
For openers... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #29
Well, let's stick with semi-automatics Recursion Jan 2013 #31
wow...I'm going to get flamed for this... ewagner Jan 2013 #48
Here's what we can do... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #65
Those are decent ideas Recursion Jan 2013 #99
Not bad ideas at all... ewagner Jan 2013 #102
Treat them the same as fully-automatic.... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #104
You posted a story about a man invading a home with a BB gun! randome Jan 2013 #40
I don't know that any gun use is "heartwarming" Recursion Jan 2013 #43
No one is trying to leave people defenseless. randome Jan 2013 #45
The same can be said about mass killers and handguns hack89 Jan 2013 #52
No, a pistol would not have killed so many people in so short a time. randome Jan 2013 #56
A pistol killed *more* people at Virginia Tech in the same time period Recursion Jan 2013 #59
It's easier to kill a greater number of people in a short time frame with assault weapons. randome Jan 2013 #60
No, it's really not. Recursion Jan 2013 #62
It took the Virginia Tech shooter more than 2 hours to kill those people. randome Jan 2013 #67
Nope. Cho's rampage was about 9 minutes Recursion Jan 2013 #68
Fine. Some handguns are as good for mass murder as assault weapons. randome Jan 2013 #73
I've said nobody "needs" an AR-15 Recursion Jan 2013 #74
Not needing to reload is an advantage when committing mass murder. randome Jan 2013 #79
You know an AR-15 has magazines too, right? Recursion Jan 2013 #82
The odds of stopping someone who needs to reload frequently are better. randome Jan 2013 #94
Your point is valid but it has nothing to do with the AR-15: Recursion Jan 2013 #98
Thank God for Seung-Hui Cho Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #80
Rifles are used for mass shootings more often than they are for other types of crimes, I agree Recursion Jan 2013 #85
I knew I could count on you (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #87
There are other large body-count rampage killers who used only handguns. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #106
The Va Tech shooter killed 32 people with handguns hack89 Jan 2013 #63
And if he dropped his extra magazine while trying to reload it? randome Jan 2013 #76
Why are you talking about automatic weapons? hack89 Jan 2013 #78
I got my terms mixed up. Assault weapons, then. randome Jan 2013 #83
Why do you gloss over the Va Tech shootings? hack89 Jan 2013 #86
How can you deny the obvious? randome Jan 2013 #88
But that didn't happen at Sandy Hook or Va Tech hack89 Jan 2013 #89
I updated my post after you posted yours. randome Jan 2013 #90
And the Sandy Hook shooter reloaded several times hack89 Jan 2013 #91
We can't ignore handguns. We can't ban those. I recognize that. randome Jan 2013 #92
I have no problem with a magazine size limit hack89 Jan 2013 #93
Of course. And as you pointed out, mass murder can still occur. randome Jan 2013 #95
So can any semi-automatic Recursion Jan 2013 #55
As I said, we don't want a repeat of Sandy Hook. That's the base issue. randome Jan 2013 #58
This is simply false Recursion Jan 2013 #61
Why do the Navy SEALS use the M4? Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #69
Longer-range accuracy, which has not been a factor in any mass shooting since that guy in Texas Recursion Jan 2013 #71
You're earning it today (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #72
Well... here's two iiibbb Jan 2013 #51
You're not a fictional character! Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #10
Cudos - very good! nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #14
Aha! And so here is where the video game connection comes in! DebJ Jan 2013 #19
Like a scene from Kill Bill:the comedy spedtr90 Jan 2013 #25
Thank you for the best read of the week... dorkzilla Jan 2013 #26
Simply Beautiful, Sir The Magistrate Jan 2013 #27
spear and magic helmet! phantom power Jan 2013 #28
I use that line all the time... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #30
If it helps, you can tell them you aren't the only one phantom power Jan 2013 #32
I would say we need a recovery group... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #66
if loving those old looney tunes is wrong, I don't wanna be right phantom power Jan 2013 #70
Magic helmet? Hong Kong Cavalier Jan 2013 #81
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This message was self-deleted by its author Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #36
Yes please give this family a cookie or two HangOnKids Jan 2013 #101
that's heartwarming, thank you for sharing that inspiring story. farminator3000 Jan 2013 #37
Does Your Wife Think It's "Scary Looking" As Well? Paladin Jan 2013 #64
/shout, 'WANT to sell driveway deathray, keep lost people off YOUR driveway, PST' Sunlei Jan 2013 #34
Awesome! A standing ovation for you! Will you allow me to send your sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #47
OH Lord that would make me so happy. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #96
Thanks. Sent it out to Rep. Steve Womack. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #97
Why does it have to be a woman/mother? iiibbb Jan 2013 #49
Here's a story about a son who used his mom's... jmg257 Jan 2013 #75
Wow, could you possibly post that one more time?? tosh Jan 2013 #84
Stop spamming the thread with that video. laundry_queen Jan 2013 #105
rec! JustAnotherGen Jan 2013 #57
You inspired me... Mother Of Four Jan 2013 #77
I'm weeping with joy. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #100
The version in my head had more daisies on it. nt Kalidurga Jan 2013 #103
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