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In reply to the discussion: Adam Lanza Shot Victims at Close Range with Semi-Automatic Rifle [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)126. The vast majority of NRA members are GOOP, anyway.
Particularly the ones who are that attached to their guns that they would vote on that single issue. I'm afraid that argument doesn't fly when you take it apart.
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No repeal, just a SCOTUS that interprets "a well regulated militia" properly. Duh.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#67
Do you think the founders envisioned 20 six and seven year-olds being slaughtered
PA Democrat
Dec 2012
#101
No, you don't really want a prohibition on ALL firearms in the United States.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#98
Someone posted a video of a bushmaster with a slide stock that turned it into a fully automatic
RC
Dec 2012
#8
I will admit that self-defence against a bear is one time I can see multiple rounds are needed
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#109
These "hunting" rifles are easily and often "converted" into fully automatic
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#12
IHOP in Carson City NV * Sept 2011 * 5 dead, 14 wounded using semi-auto converted to fully auto
99th_Monkey
Dec 2012
#104
You are furthering a meme that these conversions are widely available.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2012
#110
again, this is almost identical in form and function to what I carried in Iraq. It is an assault
pasto76
Dec 2012
#15
how can we see bodies under my system when it hasn't even been considered or implimented?
bossy22
Dec 2012
#36
The AR-15 derived from the AR-10 which derived from a civilian survival rifle project...
Clames
Dec 2012
#139
From my limited understanding, assault weapons are weapons initially designed for military use.
janx
Dec 2012
#52
I invite all of you to google "automatic assault weapon videos". You will find dozens
pasto76
Dec 2012
#17
Note that he was not old enough to legally firearms in the state. I wonder if he use his
geckosfeet
Dec 2012
#28
The issue is rarely the wealth of the Parents, it is the lack of adequate Mental Health Care:
happyslug
Dec 2012
#124