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KoKo

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18. The "hodgepodge" of state laws would be a good first effort...

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:45 AM

Dec 2012

also...later ..why do we need reapeating assault weapons..(rifles, guns) to kill deer, coyotes or protect our homes from an intruder.

I wish more attention could be paid to this. Taking out two classrooms of little kids in a way that their remains need time to be identified seems to be beyond the pale of what the 2nd Amendment put in the protection of "Right to Have Arms." (but, then I realize it also concerned Militias) ...but, they weren't thinking about Repeating Assault Weapons with belts of ammunition clips so that it could be rapidfire for mass killings.

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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