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doc03

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6. I can't figure that one myself. When the gun laws actually
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 04:39 PM
Sep 2013

prevented it from being far worse. From what I have read he tried to purchase an AR-15
but was unable to because he had an out of state ID.

Probably because little children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook elementary school. Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #1
"I would have expected the Navy Yard shooting to cause more interest in discussing gun control." geomon666 Sep 2013 #2
because the military cannot even protect its own despite having armed guards? nt msongs Sep 2013 #3
They dont have armed guards. Few if any people on military bases are armed at any given moment. nt stevenleser Sep 2013 #29
I heard there was an armed guard here. Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #42
Perhaps one involving elementary-school children may have been a factor. Posteritatis Sep 2013 #4
Because the NRA won, and we know we can't beat them. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #5
Yes we can ... it will take time, but we will etherealtruth Sep 2013 #22
I can't figure that one myself. When the gun laws actually doc03 Sep 2013 #6
I inquired of this in the Gungeon... Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #13
18 USC 922 bans sale of handguns to out of state buyers. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #14
So that leaves the question about the long guns up in the air. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #15
It depends on the state. NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #20
What I'm thinking. Shotguns can be as effective aso a pistol or rifle Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #21
Minnesota requires a handgun permit to purchase an AR-15 NickB79 Sep 2013 #37
The report I heard was he tried out an AR-15 but couldn't buy it doc03 Sep 2013 #24
That report got retracted. There is no VA law on rifles. nt NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #43
Since they are so damned expensive maybe he just didn't have the money. He couldn't doc03 Sep 2013 #44
It appears that the guy obeyed the laws already on the books The Straight Story Sep 2013 #7
The argument that better enforcement of current laws doesn't apply here Kaleva Sep 2013 #17
Because after Sandy Hook we decided that even dead kids won't matter, why should some office people? thereismore Sep 2013 #8
Pretty much this. Hayabusa Sep 2013 #27
We could also be suffering from massive shooting of the week fatigue Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #9
What is ridiculous about my contentions & speculations? Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #12
Well, let's see: IveWornAHundredPants Sep 2013 #33
One of the problems with reaction to killings is a feeling of moral high ground Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #39
Dead kids. nt Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #10
ahem RedCappedBandit Sep 2013 #11
Because our nation has not reached that magical number of fallen victims, yet. Someone Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #16
Sadly, I don't think one town would do it. nt stevenleser Sep 2013 #31
The first few times you get a blister, but after that you get a callous and it doesn't hurt anymore. 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #18
Learned helplessness? Sense of futility? Ennui? AngryOldDem Sep 2013 #19
Curiously, a tenet of gun control is "more guns = more crime"... Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #28
The gun control tenet is "more guns = more gun deaths" and the stats all show that stevenleser Sep 2013 #32
The US as a whole is one huge outlier NickB79 Sep 2013 #38
The problem with your premise is that there are those who want to prevent mass killings, mythology Sep 2013 #23
You make some good points, but the OP was about the interest Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #25
Because the "looming shutdown... be afraid!" serves the right wing MSM better? DJ13 Sep 2013 #26
I offer a different reason for lack of debate in #28. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #30
That works too DJ13 Sep 2013 #34
By design. Robb Sep 2013 #35
"MORE guns" doesn't seem to be a big phenomenon this time. Why? Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #40
What's left that hasn't... 99Forever Sep 2013 #36
Par of it because it happened at a Navy yard. Incitatus Sep 2013 #41
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