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Skittles

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8. you sir are a gun owner and not a gun nut

Reply to Andy823 (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 10:52 PM

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When a Glock semi-automatic pistol can shoot 33 rounds without reloading, killing dozens of people [View all] pnwmom Dec 2012 OP

The NRA cares - the more people guns kill, the more illogical paranoia they can whip up MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #1

sounds like an assault pistol to me spanone Dec 2012 #2

Do you think Obama will address this once it dies down in the Media? KoKo Dec 2012 #3

Federal bans on extended clips nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #13

I agree. How many bullets could a gun hold in the days the Constitution was written? pnwmom Dec 2012 #15

It's not just that. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #17

The "hodgepodge" of state laws would be a good first effort... KoKo Dec 2012 #18

My solution to that nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #22

Good Points...but, can we hope to get to a society that doesn't want to KoKo Dec 2012 #24

In single shot it is nowhere close to assault, well except in looks nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25

I agree, and I am a gun owner Andy823 Dec 2012 #4

The only reasons to have a magazine that big are mass murder and combat ItsTheMediaStupid Dec 2012 #5

Actually the only reason is target shooting. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #19

you sir are a gun owner and not a gun nut Skittles Dec 2012 #8

And the military does not use extra large capacity magazines. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #14

That sort of weapon has no business being in the public or owned by a private citizen. It has ONE Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #6

Yes. aquart Dec 2012 #7

You care, that's who TPaine7 Dec 2012 #9

That's a fair cop. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #11

Thanks for the civility. TPaine7 Dec 2012 #12

That was before I learned there WAS such a thing as a semi-automatic pistol pnwmom Dec 2012 #16

Agree...I didn't know that either. What possible reason would one need to own one of these KoKo Dec 2012 #20

It's certainly not a 100% thing, but if it were MY child, I would have preferred that a teacher or TPaine7 Dec 2012 #23

Because we all know the cross fire would not hit anybody nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #26

Where do you derive your expertise on firearms and defense? nt rDigital Dec 2012 #30

Among other things from having been in real shootouts between the cartels nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #31

'Among other things from having been in real shootouts between the cartels" zappaman Dec 2012 #39

Macho fantasy?!! TPaine7 Dec 2012 #32

I am sorry, but guns every where will not make things nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #33

I am sorry, but content free false and emotional language like TPaine7 Dec 2012 #34

You repeat NRA talking points, divorced from reality nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #35

BS. I addressed exactly what you said. Unless the NRA has a psychic/prophet TPaine7 Dec 2012 #36

You repeated NRA talking points nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #37

. TPaine7 Dec 2012 #38

That's an extended mag nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #27

Always confront ambiguity. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #28

definitely that's one thing we can work to change NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #10

If we implemented a $10/grain tax on gunpowder RomneyLies Dec 2012 #21

Good luck with that. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #29

Semiautomatic pistols should be banned, IMO. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #40