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22. The Bushmaster was found in his car.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 06:58 PM

Dec 2012

Two handguns by his body. So it is not likely he used the rifle unless you think he fired the rifle and then took it outside and put it in his car and went back with two handguns. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137104n

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Semi auto, it wasn't an automatic weapon!!!! [View all] nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 OP

I had no idea you knew so much about firearms. Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #1

Some of it is from being down range nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #2

Damn Nadine!!! Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #6

Cool story bro! zappaman Dec 2012 #35

Whatever..We're going to take them away. godai Dec 2012 #3

Actually this distinction between SEMI and FULLY automatic is becoming less & less clear 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #4

Conversion kits are technically illegal nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #8

You make an excellent point. Shooters using full auto waste most of their ammunition. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #10

And with forward grips nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14

No need to. One can learn to bump fire most any semi-automatic rifle Kaleva Dec 2012 #38

So I rest my case 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #46

I'd agree with you there to some extent. Kaleva Dec 2012 #47

But doing that is pointless except for pure show... frostfern Dec 2012 #52

With the lighter rifles with less powerful rounds, one can aim reasonably well. Kaleva Dec 2012 #53

And apparently it wasn't the rifle at ALL. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #5

I want to ask a question simply for information and you appear to know what you are talking about underpants Dec 2012 #7

No, they don't have burst mode nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #9

The jamming issue was so bad that the Viet Cong would strip dead American soldiers of everything rhett o rick Dec 2012 #16

I don't mind learning more of that story nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27

I read a great article on it in a newspaper called "Shotgun News", many, many years ago. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #34

Sounds like the army nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #40

In this case the gear was made by the biggest briber. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #41

I don't remember the article but, HubertHeaver Dec 2012 #43

I hadnt heard about the problem with too many rounds. Thanks for the info. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #44

We all are learning something. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #45

I experienced that particular glitch personally. HubertHeaver Dec 2012 #59

Okay thanks underpants Dec 2012 #21

Like German soldiers in 1944 nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #26

No, one fire per trigger pull obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #60

Sturmgewehr. Sturmweber sounds like an assault grill. dionysus Dec 2012 #11

An angry grill...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #12

Six burgers per second. nt Codeine Dec 2012 #51

I don't give a damn what kind of gun it was. They all need to be HEAVILY regulated. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #13

It's not what they are called nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19

My dad's family were all pretty much of the opinion that if you couldn't drop a deer with kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #25

And I agree with them nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #28

My father told me the same thing. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #64

Gee, I couldn't wait until some gunbanger came along to teach us all about gun tetminoligy and lore. Whovian Dec 2012 #15

DU has an expert on everything. Robb Dec 2012 #18

you were supposed to put quotes around "expert" there buddy... dionysus Dec 2012 #20

That's it. Robb Dec 2012 #42

oh noes.. teh "iggy"... dionysus Dec 2012 #50

It matters when you are to disarm the arguments. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #23

RIFLE. it is spelled RIFLE.. if you want to pretend to be an expert on firearms stop typing "riffle" dionysus Dec 2012 #29

OMG. I can't help it. I have to leave. DevonRex Dec 2012 #36

..... obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #61

The key line in this reply is of course zappaman Dec 2012 #37

And of course no reply from the OP rl6214 Dec 2012 #74

I think you got this wrong. Nadin is taking apart the arguments of gun nuts. sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #73

True, but trof Dec 2012 #17

We already have a ban on fully auto nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #24

The Bushmaster was found in his car. former9thward Dec 2012 #22

I'm for magazine caps. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #30

That would be a good solution nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #33

So, the argument will be that they were killed with a LESS capable weapon, so that implies ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #31

They are always funny nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #32

I don't even like the term "assault weapon" backscatter712 Dec 2012 #48

The term is not ambiguous at all if you know the history nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #49

It is ambiguous though Sgent Dec 2012 #54

Of course since the bodies keep piling up nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #55

I've got an idea Sgent Dec 2012 #57

Because we will have to deal with now monthly mass shootings nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #58

So my 1866 Henry rifle repo is a "assault riffle" oneshooter Dec 2012 #63

It is essentially similar to the 1862-65 models used in the Civil War -- so I guess yes. FarCenter Dec 2012 #65

You are a marvel zappaman Dec 2012 #39

omg obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #62

great point... how many people would be alive JCMach1 Dec 2012 #56

I don't even understand all this. Are semi-automatics used for hunting? That seems to be Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #66

Quite often, yes. X_Digger Dec 2012 #67

Damn. It'll be pert near impossible to severely restrict or ban guns used often in hunting.nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #69

Agreed. It's an uphill climb made harder because.. X_Digger Dec 2012 #71

Yes, what do you think the Bushmaster is? nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #70

Umm.. tracers? Are available in the civilian market. X_Digger Dec 2012 #72

Well, a Bushmaster is an assault weapon if it has a bayonet lug or collapseable stock Recursion Dec 2012 #68