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20. I just heard a veteran of war talking about the purpose of assault rifles:

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:40 AM

Feb 2018

to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. I don't think it would be terribly hard to prove an assault rifle is a WMD.

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+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #2

but...it's not the rifle, it's capacity! I NEED THEM FOR COYOTES! Skittles Feb 2018 #3

It is the capacity that's the problem NickB79 Feb 2018 #21

Facts aren't bad, normalizing WMD use by general public is though uponit7771 Feb 2018 #10

Well you certainly feel free to create your own "facts" linuxman Feb 2018 #11

No, your assertion that the rifle it was modeled after linuxman Feb 2018 #13

Yep. But just not due to that. linuxman Feb 2018 #15

Way to miss the entire point. linuxman Feb 2018 #17

WOW!!! Did you see this? Squinch Feb 2018 #19