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mwrguy

(3,245 posts)
91. One more reason to ban guns
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 05:11 AM
Jun 2015

Add it to the pile.

My Case Against Assault Weapons [View all] CajunBlazer Jun 2015 OP
Sadly, the gun's ability to inflict major damage and destroy internal organs is what attracts yahoos Hoyt Jun 2015 #1
Post removed Post removed Jun 2015 #6
And, seemingly, the weapon's apologists, as well villager Jun 2015 #51
I think you have more of an issue with barrel twist and mag capacity then with the gun itself Kaleva Jun 2015 #2
Yea, unfortunately.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #7
There are hundreds of millions of such magazines in circulation hack89 Jun 2015 #10
It would be pretty simple really CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #104
A question and some observations: First, how would you pay for them? friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #106
Welcome to DU :) Please feel free to repost and continue in GCRA if/when this is locked in GD Electric Monk Jun 2015 #3
A woman once had two sons. One became a sailor, the other only posted to GCRA. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2015 #93
You sound like an Air Force officer. DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #4
Yea, I know CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #5
Welcome to DU, GGJohn Jun 2015 #9
Now hang on DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #12
If mass killings are your concern hack89 Jun 2015 #8
You do make an interesting argument here Electric Monk Jun 2015 #11
Wow, you scraped and reposted a cartoon! Is there some "critical mass of ridicule"... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #20
re: 'toons Electric Monk Jun 2015 #35
Well then, if you feel like you're doing something useful by reposting them... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #38
Like I said.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #14
If your proposal couldn't have prevented Va Tech hack89 Jun 2015 #18
Culture warriors looove security theater: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #50
I am pretty sure there are many Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #32
Glocks lancer78 Jun 2015 #40
You've never seen a Beretta 92? 15 round magazine, factory standard. How about the Glock 17?... Marengo Jun 2015 #94
First off, its a magazine, not a clip Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #103
I do. If we banned semi-autos, gun sales would all but dry up. Revolvers just don't excite gun guys. Hoyt Jun 2015 #16
I like revolvers DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #22
Hope you aren't as fond of guns as some here. Hoyt Jun 2015 #29
I don't worship them DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #34
I'm a huge fan of bolt-actions, and revolvers. sir pball Jun 2015 #45
Glad to see you are enjoying your Saturday night with the gunz. Hoyt Jun 2015 #52
As usual, time spent with gun banners is always good for a few lulz friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #55
Nah dude, they're a thousand miles away sir pball Jun 2015 #56
Are you a deer hunter? linuxman Jun 2015 #13
I used to be a deer hunter.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #19
"Perhaps then we can agree that..." 'We' agree to no such thing. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #23
Most states don't allow anything over 5 or so rounds in a rifle while hunting, regardless. linuxman Jun 2015 #26
I do prefer the twenty round Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #31
Yeah, the aluminum are my favorite too. linuxman Jun 2015 #33
I'm actually amenable to that. sir pball Jun 2015 #49
Self-defense is not a sporting event, and imo, there is no moral duty friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #57
I have two SD firearms and neither holds more than nine. sir pball Jun 2015 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #63
Another experinced shooter disagrees- see post #44 friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #66
Once again sarisataka Jun 2015 #15
I don't think you have ever seen.... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #21
I may not have seen one fired at a drum of water sarisataka Jun 2015 #24
It's the "Empathy", "Forced Justification", and "MGAFYGAE/Uncle Ruckus" ploys friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #46
You know how else the story is bullshit? The AF never used a "semi-auto AR-15" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #88
I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #98
I am not. The Air Force never had semi-automatic AR-15s. *All* were full-auto friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #105
It's possible Shamash Jun 2015 #96
Mythbusters disagrees: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #108
.223/5.56mm rounds won't penetrate a steel drum full of water while leaving a fist-sized exit hole friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #37
What kind of cartridge? Adrahil Jun 2015 #43
I've fired lots of guns at 5-gallon buckets of water, for what it's worth sir pball Jun 2015 #61
I've seen exit wounds on deer and hogs with 62gr 5.56 and the hole is not that big aikoaiko Jun 2015 #17
And coyote DashOneBravo Jun 2015 #28
Perhaps so..... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #30
What????? Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #39
Maybe so for hunting, but if was faced with 2 or 3 home intruders... aikoaiko Jun 2015 #44
3 intruders, 7 rounds is fine. sir pball Jun 2015 #68
"I'd give myself the odds against 7 intruders with that gun, actually." Oh, please... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #71
More like the odds of a gang of 7 being that into me sir pball Jun 2015 #73
And what if you're sick? Or just unlucky enough to attract enough warm bodies... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #75
Fair enough. You're entitled to your opinion. aikoaiko Jun 2015 #97
This retired Tech Sergeant agrees with you nt MrScorpio Jun 2015 #25
Sounds like you have a problem with the ammo. ManiacJoe Jun 2015 #27
ARs can be had in many different calibers madville Jun 2015 #36
The case against ignorance seveneyes Jun 2015 #41
Agree with you 100% deathrind Jun 2015 #42
"The AR15 was designed to do one thing and one thing only" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #47
If deathrind Jun 2015 #48
The shooting sports sanctioning bodies and most state game departments seem to disagree friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #53
Yes! The Germans, with some of the strictest gun control in Europe, hate the AR-15 SO MUCH! sir pball Jun 2015 #54
Pretty much *anyone* can build an AR15, as they are long out of patent friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #59
My point was Germany has no "assault weapons ban", as don't most Continental countries sir pball Jun 2015 #60
The Charlie Hebdo shooters got *their* weapons from the trunk of some dude's car friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #65
So far this thread has been a pretty good example of why gun threads are usually limited to the Electric Monk Jun 2015 #62
"See you in GCRA" Why? The subject can actually be *discussed* at GC&RKBA: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #64
GC&RKBA isn't a safe haven for gunthusiasts, even if you'd like it to be Electric Monk Jun 2015 #67
I don't; I prefer vigorous, even heated discussion over crabbed, ever-supicious dogmatism friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #69
Thank you for helping make my point from post #62. If someone wants fight club, then GC&RKBA Electric Monk Jun 2015 #70
Groupthink and an unwillingness to listen to those who disgaree is a recipe for failure friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #74
NutmegYankee wasn't blocked, so that's a pretty hard FAIL on your part. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #76
Yet no one discussed his proposal, except to piss all over it friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #77
And, FWIW, I think his idea has a lot of merit and should be explored in *both* groups friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #78
So post it in GC&RKBA. I'm not stopping you. nt Electric Monk Jun 2015 #79
It was, a week ago. Discussing it there might be a little ...problematic for the GCRA crew, however friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #81
You're asking me to trust guns.com? I'll have to sleep on that. I will get back to you. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #83
You don't have to. Here is a link to the NCSA report: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #87
Banning rifles based on how they *look* rather than *function* is absolutely ludicrous. pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #72
See reply #62. This part of the discussion is OLD. Been there, done that. NT Electric Monk Jun 2015 #80
Apparently, it needed to be repeated in order to remind certain parties friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #82
and this is why there's the rule about Guns in GD Electric Monk Jun 2015 #84
Exactly so. pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #86
So I'm assuming the "content" in post #62 you were referring to was this: pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #85
Facts like claiming to be 'certified' on a weapon the Air Force never used: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #89
With my very first read of the OP I had a feeling it might go this way sooner or later. Electric Monk Jun 2015 #90
I don't regard verifiable mendacity as a 'technicality' friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #92
Yet you clearly have no rebuttal. So predictable. NT pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #101
I am not a firearms expert... CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #100
Did you know that the military has access to armor-piercing bullets that civilians can't own? friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #107
One more reason to ban guns mwrguy Jun 2015 #91
I fail to see the overall logic of the post Shamash Jun 2015 #95
Well thought out and said. Thanks. n/t freshwest Jun 2015 #99
K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2015 #102
Locking. Sorry, but the GD SoP has restrictions on gun posts; petronius Jun 2015 #109
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