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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody rushing out to buy assault weapons is exactly the type of person who should not have guns
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Anybody rushing out to buy assault weapons is exactly the type of person who should not have guns (Original Post)
Hugabear
Dec 2012
OP
Apparently some here in DU think that the most tragic thing about the whole situation....
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#6
These are chumps running out to buy more of what they probably already have ..
Ganja Ninja
Dec 2012
#9
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)1. There is no correlation between gun extremism and right-wing politics!
None, none I tell you!
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)4. Lol, well I guess DU does have its own fair share of gun extremists
Although we're not really allowed to call them right-wingers.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)5. Well until they get their PPR
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)2. Look at all those pathetic little eunuchs.
The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)3. Quite True, Sir
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,153 posts)6. Apparently some here in DU think that the most tragic thing about the whole situation....
...is that the increased demand in AR-15s and ammo is resulting in higher prices.
I wish I was making this up.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)7. Potential McVeighs, en masse. nt
Recursion
(56,582 posts)8. Are any assault weapons still sold?
I don't know how many manufacturers went back to the pre-ban designs, particularly since several states kept bans.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)9. These are chumps running out to buy more of what they probably already have ..
in the hope they can sell them and turn a profit after a ban. They're paying a premium too because the dealers see them coming a mile away.