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Gun Control & RKBA

Puha Ekapi

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15. How...

Reply to Dash87 (Reply #14)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 12:49 PM

Feb 2013

...and why, did you make the leap from 30 round magazines to .50 caliber machine guns?

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"Nobody needs a 30 round magazine to defend themselves" [View all] bossy22 Feb 2013 OP

Not when the police should not have 30, 20, 17 or 15 Glassunion Feb 2013 #1

I'm against a magazine ban, but I could compromise at 20. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #2

+1 darkangel218 Feb 2013 #3

Put the limit at 33 krispos42 Feb 2013 #4

I agree, but chances are that the gun control groups will push for 10. ... spin Feb 2013 #5

ten figures, ten toes, ten cartridges. krispos42 Feb 2013 #6

What would they say about the grips or those tabs iiibbb Feb 2013 #7

Tabs? ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #8

I assume he's talking about magazines Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #9

That is a reasonable explanation. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #10

+0 extender iiibbb Feb 2013 #11

Yah, just never heard them referred to as tabs before. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #20

brain fart on my part iiibbb Feb 2013 #21

Nobody needs more than a revolver's amount of bullets. Dash87 Feb 2013 #12

And how would the Secret Service respond to that recommendation? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #13

They protect the President and are part of the Govt. Dash87 Feb 2013 #14

How... Puha Ekapi Feb 2013 #15

Because both are unnecessary. Dash87 Feb 2013 #16

You do realize rocket launchers are usually single shots breach loaders? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #17

I think you misunderstood my point. Dash87 Feb 2013 #18

I need them, I have been known to miss on occasion. DonP Feb 2013 #19

Hand grenades. Remmah2 Feb 2013 #32

Tried to buy some at the last few gun shows... DonP Feb 2013 #36

What? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #37

I wanted to show my sister a shoelace, but she wouldn't get the joke. DonP Feb 2013 #39

Police hit ratios are not stellar. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #22

I'm no police officer, but couldn't they just get backup? Dash87 Feb 2013 #23

what makes you think the bad guys won't have access to them after the ban? gejohnston Feb 2013 #24

They might, but why don't many have military grade Dash87 Feb 2013 #25

pistols are easy to conceal gejohnston Feb 2013 #26

Backup takes a while. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #30

Just an interesting note Flyboy_451 Feb 2013 #27

Two words oh sage of the internet. Callisto32 Feb 2013 #38

Has nothing to do with the argument. Dash87 Feb 2013 #40

It is not about you! It's about the victims of mass upaloopa Feb 2013 #28

distract and confuse sigmasix Feb 2013 #29

there always have been parity gejohnston Feb 2013 #31

10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes iiibbb Feb 2013 #33

one-fifth of all homicides involve multiple attackers. krispos42 Feb 2013 #34

"why 10?" guardian Feb 2013 #35

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