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Gun Control & RKBA

PavePusher

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30. First Rule of Holes, my friend. You should heed it. n/t

Reply to jpak (Reply #29)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 11:47 AM

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Maine has strict gun-control laws: For hunting animals [View all] jpak Dec 2012 OP

Maine's murder rate is also 1/10th of the US as a whole's Recursion Dec 2012 #1

Good - then restrct all guns to no more than 5 rounds jpak Dec 2012 #2

I'm totally fine with magazine size restrictions. Most people are. Recursion Dec 2012 #3

You can have guns with more than 5 rounds in Maine... krispos42 Dec 2012 #16

so does Wyoming and Florida gejohnston Dec 2012 #4

You don't need an assault weapon with a 30 round magazine to shoot paper jpak Dec 2012 #6

who said anything about need gejohnston Dec 2012 #11

Has a bear or moose ever been party to a home invasion? Remmah2 Dec 2012 #5

Actually yes. spin Dec 2012 #43

Squirrels don't shoot back. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #7

You do not need an AR-15 for self defense jpak Dec 2012 #8

What do I need then? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #9

An AR-15 is a formidible mass kid killer jpak Dec 2012 #10

so are machetes and dynamite gejohnston Dec 2012 #12

AR15 mass murder apology fail jpak Dec 2012 #14

You cannot stroll into a pawn shop and buy dynamite - you can outrun a guy with a machete o jpak Dec 2012 #22

so why didn't they? gejohnston Dec 2012 #34

Because, unlike assault rifles, dynamite is highly regulated and highly secured jpak Dec 2012 #36

but diesel fuel and fertilizer gejohnston Dec 2012 #38

Tim McVeigh was a gun nut and a kid killing terrorist jpak Dec 2012 #46

So what do I need? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #13

Get a good 12 ga pump and a box of buckshot jpak Dec 2012 #15

Do you base that opinion on experience? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #17

conventional wisdom gejohnston Dec 2012 #18

A lot of things were learned that day. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #19

Common sense jpak Dec 2012 #20

Really? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #21

With a shotgun - it's point and shoot. Sliding the action to chamber a round jpak Dec 2012 #23

Can't hide an AR in your waistband either. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #24

You can't shoot 30 rounds in 30 seconds with a duck gun jpak Dec 2012 #28

Why is it a good choice? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #33

I thought gungeoneers knew EVERYTHING about guns jpak Dec 2012 #37

You are quite wrong ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #25

Absolutely not true jpak Dec 2012 #27

I teach this stuff, you mostly yup about it ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #44

I shot skeet in 6th grade after completing hunter safety jpak Dec 2012 #45

Station 1 is easy ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #47

Phale. PavePusher Dec 2012 #26

Yes I do - it is a Gun Nut Conceit to believe only THEY know something jpak Dec 2012 #29

First Rule of Holes, my friend. You should heed it. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #30

Right back atcha jpak Dec 2012 #32

So what is it you know about the subject? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #31

OK - let's compare the massacre effectiveness of an AR15 and a 12 ga. pump duck gun jpak Dec 2012 #35

You don't know how to speed load a shotgun, do you? jeepnstein Dec 2012 #39

I have no use to speed load a shotgun - that is the realm of the Gun Nutters jpak Dec 2012 #40

There's no sense in trying to discuss policy with the willfully ignorant. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #41

So, Obama , Senators and Congresscritters must know how to speed load a shotgun jpak Dec 2012 #42

Truth be told, gun control for hunting is simply to level the playing field. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #48