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In reply to the discussion: Gun owners say goodbye to high-capacity magazines at Freedom Shoot (Colorado) [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)1. Funny how when our side implements laws of no practical purpose...
...other than to irritate "those people" and secure fund-raising for candidate, it's a good thing.
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madamesilverspurs
Jun 2013
OP
Doubt it; I explained how that sort behave when confronted in a recent post:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#13
That one has problems with backing up his claims or admitting when he's wrong.
CokeMachine
Jun 2013
#18
I watched a guy take a 5 round Beowulf and remove a pin to make it a 15 round 50 Beowulf........
rdharma
Jun 2013
#124
Bullshit. Watch the whole thing this time. Read the desc. Or just stop lying.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2013
#127
Do you understand what I said in post #142.... or should I provide a picture......
rdharma
Jun 2013
#143
This just in: people disregard laws they consider harmful, pointless, and/or fuckwitted.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2013
#61
Nope, but I have been to enough gun stores, gun shows, etc., in my early years to know gun owners
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#102
I could legally get a permit to carry, if I were stupid and paranoid enough to want one.
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#106
Huh. So if someone suggested going over a state line for an abortion would someone alert?
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#29
Because people are forced at gun point to go to such places? Have you been forced to drink
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#42
Then let the owner decide and you can decide to take your business to a non-smoking one
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#48
So then we should probably ban any magazine with a capacity higher than 2.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2013
#45
Given that there are *billions* of magazines in circulation in the United States,
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#73
In Switzerland they issue actual honest-to-goodness assault rifles of military quality
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2013
#147
Ammunition, I imagine, is as importable as illicit drugs or any other small-sized commodity.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2013
#159
It is inherently impossible to persuade such virtue with the American gun culture.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2013
#160
One society deliberately arms its citizens, while the other leaves it to choice
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2013
#161
All Swiss Militia have the rifle, uniform, loaded pack, and a full combat load of rifle ammo
oneshooter
Jun 2013
#164
Sly, in real life, is one of the Brady Center's favorite gun controllers...
Eleanors38
Jun 2013
#122
I think it goes to some people feel powerless and want to leverage a higher power
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
#39
In anticipation of this law (which takes effect tomorrow), I've purchased about 80 normal capacity
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#60
Oh, the law is completely unenforceable...I'm just a law-abiding sort of guy.
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#63
Was the claim that gun owners are law abiding only supported by the fact that someone making
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#87
Given that these are magazines...for guns...I anticipate loading cartridges into them, taking them
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#71
What law am I not following? "High-capacity" magazines are still fully legal to own and use
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#80
You accused me of not following the law. Either tell me what law I'm violating, or retract
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#84
No I'm not. I have no other profiles on this board. Other than my assertion, I know of no way
Rod Walker
Jun 2013
#166
Well that is the only way to ensure the ban works, magazines do not expire like milk.
Duckhunter935
Jun 2013
#109