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In reply to the discussion: Take Assault Weapons first, then let's get the Sniper Rifles [View all]Bake
(21,977 posts)75. I don't think you've been here long enough to tell anyone what's welcome and what's not.
I, on the other hand, have been here since 2001. Since the beginning. And your welcome is wearing a little thin.
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This guy likes playing with meat and it proves a point. .22 LR is enables mass
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#23
Even a .22 LR will go through both sides of a human head at 100 yards with almost no recoil.
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#11
I caught a lot of flack in the DU gun club a few months ago for suggesting it.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2012
#67
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Illinois just went Republican...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Dec 2012
#5
If you are serious, which I doubt very much, you are making a mistake that many gun control...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#22
You are admitting that you would create the slippery slope which the right uses as a talking point
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#29
It's not a slippery slope it's a reality. You want to shoot guns go join the army.
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#42
You are desperately out of tune with the thinking of a majority of US voters on this
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#56
I've read your posts. Obviously you're on the pro gun side. No wonder you don't like the ugly
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#19
If the party plaform was amended to ban sniper rifles, would you still vote Democratic? nt
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#28
I'd vote for sane, reasonable Democrats who opposed that plank in the platform
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#30
They're all just as deadly. Also the average hunting bolt action has 2-3x the power of an AR15 round
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#13
If the party plaform was amended to ban sniper rifles, would you still vote Democratic? nt
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#27
There's no such thing as a sniper rifle but I think you know that already...
former-republican
Dec 2012
#37
"There's no such thing as an Assault Rifle either." Is that what you're going to say next? nt
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#48
This is a Democratic Discussion board, gun nuttery is not welcome. You're precious is
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#45
I don't think you've been here long enough to tell anyone what's welcome and what's not.
Bake
Dec 2012
#75
So now we're hiding posts that take any position other than "take all the guns away." Sweet.
Bake
Dec 2012
#72
" There actually IS such a thing as a .50 cal sniper rifle with a high-powered scope"
former-republican
Dec 2012
#79
That's a stretch but yes the design of the rifle was to engage and disable material targets
former-republican
Dec 2012
#87
I doubt your "no grandfathering" idea would pass Constitutional muster against Ex Post Facto laws
pop topcan
Dec 2012
#94
I haven't seen Get Smart in ages (I won't count the movie as part of the series...)
a geek named Bob
Dec 2012
#82
since he didn't get what he wanted here and got locked out, he took it to the Gungeon.
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#66