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glacierbay

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55. You can buy a tank
Tue Nov 20, 2012, 03:32 PM
Nov 2012

if you have the scratch.

http://www.military-vehicles.us/military-tanks-for-sale.shtml

You can even have an operable main gun as long as you go through the necessary steps with the BATFE.

It may be a factor. New Town is on the reservation, and the reservation has been hit hard by the Brickbat Nov 2012 #1
Guns and ammunition in the hands of the public is a stupendously bad idea. Loudly Nov 2012 #2
Yes, only government employees should have guns and ammunition slackmaster Nov 2012 #3
Planning to go to war with your government? Loudly Nov 2012 #4
Planning to protect myself because I know I can't count on government to do it for me slackmaster Nov 2012 #5
Grandma and three grandchildren were exceedingly insecure. Loudly Nov 2012 #8
They were insecure because a crazed lunatic decided to kill them for some weird reason slackmaster Nov 2012 #10
He chose a gun for its convenience. Loudly Nov 2012 #14
You're making DU suck. slackmaster Nov 2012 #15
No gun, no multiple homicide? glacierbay Nov 2012 #16
You have noticed defacto7 Nov 2012 #27
True glacierbay Nov 2012 #31
you don't need a gun to commit mass murder AlbertCat Nov 2012 #41
No denying that. glacierbay Nov 2012 #43
But you may have missed MY point... defacto7 Nov 2012 #75
Happy Land? Bath? dmallind Nov 2012 #47
what's Appomattox? samsingh Nov 2012 #32
Not true. glacierbay Nov 2012 #38
Seriously? glacierbay Nov 2012 #40
i thought this was referring to something more recent that i may have missed. samsingh Nov 2012 #63
We're guaranteed the right to bear arms AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #21
you're clearly intelligent samsingh Nov 2012 #34
And what makes you think that this army will fire on american citizens? glacierbay Nov 2012 #39
If the citizens are armed AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #50
we're clearly not on the same page. samsingh Nov 2012 #62
Libya and Syria would beg to disagree. PavePusher Nov 2012 #69
Libya and Syria AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #72
Well, I've already pointed you in the right research direction in post #68... PavePusher Nov 2012 #74
It doesn't matter. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #35
I agree AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #46
Foreign and domestic. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #59
Glacierbay and I were discussing that AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #61
Precisely. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #67
Our military currently has a few hundred thousand people (maybe 300-350K) as direct combatants. PavePusher Nov 2012 #70
Here glacierbay Nov 2012 #37
Okay AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #49
Agreed. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #51
We're guaranteed the right to bear arms AlbertCat Nov 2012 #42
Again, that's why I said we're guaranteed the right to bear arms AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #48
You need to read up on assymetrical warfare. PavePusher Nov 2012 #68
Thanks! AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #73
You keep pushing that ridiculous meme Shares. glacierbay Nov 2012 #6
Yes, such a tragedy. Loudly Nov 2012 #9
Whatever. nt. glacierbay Nov 2012 #12
It is, however, still the law. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #33
i don't see those words in the Constitution: military-grade small arms appropriate for military use samsingh Nov 2012 #36
Well to be fair AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #52
You can buy a tank glacierbay Nov 2012 #55
Wow AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #57
Nice choice glacierbay Nov 2012 #58
nice looking machine samsingh Nov 2012 #65
good point samsingh Nov 2012 #64
It is obvious. Let us take a look at the second amendment: Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #60
And might I add AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #54
the Upper Midwest has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the country. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Odin2005 Nov 2012 #30
a lot of people in rural areas depend on guns and ammunition magical thyme Nov 2012 #66
Whatever the details, it probably comes down to a mentally ill person taking stuff too seriously slackmaster Nov 2012 #7
...a mentally ill person with a firearm taking stuff too seriously. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #11
Would you feel better if he had beaten them to death with a baseball bat? slackmaster Nov 2012 #13
Well at the very least 3 of these people would feel a lot better. geomon666 Nov 2012 #17
Not necessarily glacierbay Nov 2012 #19
Are you saying it wouldn't have been possible to kill an elderly woman and three children... slackmaster Nov 2012 #20
Well I don't know how the scenario goes in your mind geomon666 Nov 2012 #22
One blow to the head with a baseball bat will kill a human. glacierbay Nov 2012 #23
Yeah but what's more likely? geomon666 Nov 2012 #24
So it's okay to kill one? Remmah2 Nov 2012 #25
You think a gun is silent? PavePusher Nov 2012 #71
"You don't need a gun to commit multiple murders"....but it sure helps. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #44
Yes it does glacierbay Nov 2012 #45
Oh my... SoapBox Nov 2012 #18
He's certainly mopping up the floor. Remmah2 Nov 2012 #26
OMG! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #29
... cntrfthrs Nov 2012 #53
Thanks for that info glacierbay Nov 2012 #56
On the one hand, with so many guns in this country there's no realistic, feasible way to get rid of nomorenomore08 Nov 2012 #76
And right on cue, our "pro gun progressives"* rush in to exploit this bloodpath to pimp on apocalypsehow Nov 2012 #77
Talk about someone rushing in to start with the insults glacierbay Nov 2012 #80
People who turn every thread about a shooting into a "gun" thread make DU suck slackmaster Nov 2012 #81
One of the young women who works at my local coffee shop is from Mandan dflprincess Nov 2012 #78
"... there are several women who have disappeared." mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2012 #79
Follow-up to the Sidney, Montana, attempted kidnapping and murder in January 2012 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2014 #82
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