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In reply to the discussion: Tomorrow's New York Daily News cover, posted without comment: [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)163. Handguns are the weapon of choice for mass shootings by a large margin.
The Va Tech shooter choose a handgun - he killed 32 people. The most deadly school shooting was done with a pistol.
More shotguns were used in mass shootings than assault weapons
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There'll most likely be a vote on the ban via an amendment to the bill, see article on link below
Tx4obama
Mar 2013
#1
Since I don't define everything as guns or gun-love, let me give you a non-gun (gasp!) example
FSogol
Mar 2013
#399
coroner said he reloaded freely many times. didn't even fully empty the mags.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#311
So much better that Lanza would have been able to get off 80 bullets instead of 200 some, right? NT
EOTE
Mar 2013
#286
Balanced against that is the understanding that gun violence is at historic lows
hack89
Mar 2013
#195
The NRA doesn't NEED to raise funds. It's got the gun makers behind it....
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#231
Because you have bought-and-paid for by the NRA legislators ignoring overwhelming public opinion.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#227
Tens of millions of dollars from arms manufacturers to fund their political arm make the difference.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#240
So after the first billion dollar campaign where the Dems out spent the repukes
hack89
Mar 2013
#342
Way to deflect my points by just raising new bullshit. No, Repukes outspent Dems in 2012.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#360
There is a connection between magazine capacity and number of deaths in mass shootings
ThoughtCriminal
Mar 2013
#356
heaven forfend anything should interfere with one's shootin' comfort.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#139
Oh, no, no one ever gets snarky in a gun thread. But I'm glad safety is a concern.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#400
Hunting and/or sporting rifles can be redesigned to not have detachable magazines
jmowreader
Mar 2013
#355
Exactly, she proposed feel-good nonsense designed to pander to the uninformed
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#64
If the AWB is a "small" step in the right direction, what would you recommend as a final goal?
Peter cotton
Mar 2013
#167
Hm... I notice you didn't actually answer my questions or address the points in my last post.
Peter cotton
Mar 2013
#224
If they're so much the same, why get into a lather over the loss of one of them?
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#228
It's been proposed. There were rumors that the 2013 AWB was going to do just that.
Peter cotton
Mar 2013
#309
Banning all semiautomatic weapons, rifles and handguns, would be the only workable solution nt
hack89
Mar 2013
#217
Perfect. Except instead of Hello Kitty, each stock should bear the picture of a Newtown victim.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#272
And you think taking away protruding pistol grips will take away this "biggest problem"?
krispos42
Mar 2013
#243
they want to be able to protect themselves if they are assaulted or home broken into
VanillaRhapsody
Mar 2013
#103
You personally dislike some firearms but not all women married to gun owners do. ...
spin
Mar 2013
#332
I hope you never have to face an intruder in your home or are attacked on the street ...
spin
Mar 2013
#389
Great post. The gun control argument is incredibly emotional and irrational for many
IndyPragmatist123
Mar 2013
#144
Like That Sick And Shameless Ploy Civil Rights Workers Pulled At The Edmund Pettis Bridge In 1965
WillyT
Mar 2013
#46
9/11 wasn't related to most it was used for (war in iraq for instance)
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#30
the abortions they do show (the partial births or DNX) are also a form of false advertising.
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#37
nope, what they have now is powerful enough. blood and gore makes us feel disgust
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2013
#101
oh you mean like that guy in China who stabbed and killed all those kids right?
VanillaRhapsody
Mar 2013
#110
Shame on you. You and your NRA pals have blood on your hands and are the problem.
morningfog
Mar 2013
#147
You think that's sickening? Maybe it's because you're looking at the "before" photos.
Ganja Ninja
Mar 2013
#152
so you'd respond to pictures of 9-11 victims by posting pictures of box cutters and airplanes, then?
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#137
That's the ugly mentality we face in this fight against the evil that is the "RKBA" movement:
apocalypsehow
Mar 2013
#65
Realize that the majority of gun owners have been horrified by the recent massacres ...
spin
Mar 2013
#387
Another pro gun progressive covering the NRA talking point 3: "get technical and derail the debate"
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2013
#146
It would significantly impede future gun sales because these guns are what excite gun "enthusiasts "
Hoyt
Mar 2013
#122
They just had a study that shows their constituents are more Liberal than they think.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#238
something about RWers and repuke supporters wailing about OUR collective shame
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2013
#108
Thanks!! The issue of message manipulation that the RW does is a real hot button for me.
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2013
#204
So, the ongoing discussion of public policy/law around firearms is a 'moment of silence'?
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#278
How convenient to single out only one side of this discussion for behavior,
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#321
It is sad that i have to spell out, your observation upthread is precisely
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#323
You might reflect on why you imagine that I 'worship' anything, let alone firearms.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#336
There is only one answer- The Mayors Against Guns. The Great Equalizer
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#134
US makes wars. US makes weapons for wars. Weapons for us and weapons for anyone else.
valerief
Mar 2013
#151
Me too, with the NFA registry opened and a prohibition against states enacting their own laws.
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#348