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In reply to the discussion: What's the best source to debunk the crazy rumors that no semi-auto rifle was used at Sandy Hook? [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)55. riiiight... people are buying rifles with pistol grips because they are concerned about safety!
and not because they've watched rambo 20 times.
gotcha.
sounds to me like the pistol grip is something a sniper with a hair trigger would use to get set up or zeroed in without an accidental shot.
to flip off the safety LAST before shooting.
why does a civilian need something that makes it easier to flip the safety off?
did the DC sniper use this 'cosmetic' feature? or a tripod? or a 1000-yard scope?
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What's the best source to debunk the crazy rumors that no semi-auto rifle was used at Sandy Hook? [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
OP
how is the police statement not a fact? so you do believe they are lying?
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#17
Yeah, he's on his way to slaughter elementary school children, but he obediently waits
Aristus
Jan 2013
#96
What's the point of doing a ban of just a subset of repeating arms with detachable mags?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#42
Because any comprehensive bill that would substantially reduce the number of 'all' guns
jmg257
Jan 2013
#52
They don't have higher rate of fire, higher capacity, or faster reloads. They just don't.
Recursion
Jan 2013
#54
Are you not reading what I wrote? BECAUSE GUNNERS WON'T LET YOU MAKE THEM ILLEGAL!
jmg257
Jan 2013
#59
How is it a good place to start? Sales of newly-compliant models will skyrocket
Recursion
Jan 2013
#61
Hmm...maybe you missed the part about having an authority constantly update the banned list?
jmg257
Jan 2013
#63
Who says? Registration? Non-transferable? Confiscation of contraband? Criminal Penalties? Sure
jmg257
Jan 2013
#65
A semi-auto manufacture/import ban is a bridge too far, but you're talking confiscation?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#68
The "2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test" means banning that grip shape
Recursion
Jan 2013
#36
OK, so Colt makes an AR with a different grip shape. What's been accomplished?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#40
first of all, banning 30 and 100 round mags. then, slowing (or HALTING) sales of ARs
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#45
I am a Democrat, so you can take that "not on our side" thing to the cleaners
Recursion
Jan 2013
#74
I think there's this fantasy that mass shooters won't use hunting-styled semi-automatic weapons...
Recursion
Jan 2013
#38
no, there's a reality that if any yahoo couldn't walk into a walmart and buy ARs with 1000 rounds
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#41
the grip is one of many example of how military things are used by civilians, which is silly
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#46
riiiight... people are buying rifles with pistol grips because they are concerned about safety!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#55
Sniper rifles almost never have pistol grips because snipers fire prone or supported, generally
Recursion
Jan 2013
#56
likewise, i'm sure! you are preferable to most gun lubbers, i'll give you that!
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#60
i'm fairly certain it feeds the deadly chunks of lead up to the barrel at a very high rate
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#95
Your nit-picking is bullshit. 27 people DEAD, including 20 fucking kids, who gives a fuck what
Mnemosyne
Jan 2013
#28
Actually the opposite is true. The general public has been using an expanded, inaccurate definition
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#23
i dont understand why people here insist on arguing with empty-headed jackasses but if you must
leftyohiolib
Jan 2013
#62
It may be true that by Conn. legal definition the semi-auto rifle was not an "assault weapon"
aikoaiko
Jan 2013
#66
To do it "definitively" will take a while; the police haven't issued their final report yet
Recursion
Jan 2013
#83