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paulbibeau

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21. And you are totally right about the statistics...

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 09:56 AM

Jan 2013

But you know what kind of special case the assault rifle is good for? It's good for when someone wants to walk into a crowded area and kill a large number of civilians, like kids, say, before the authorities can take him down.

And preventing that might be worth some policy changes. That's what we're going to argue anyway.

You keep making the case that planning your Wolverine camp-out is more important.

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I love the smell of trashed nonsense threads in the morning... geckosfeet Jan 2013 #1

Thank you, and yes. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #2

Hilarious! randome Jan 2013 #3

That's exactly the reaction I'm going for, right? paulbibeau Jan 2013 #4

When someone says they're being stalked by... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #5

Awesome satire! randome Jan 2013 #6

As I listened to that woman's (I didn't catch her name) testimony yesterday chemenger Jan 2013 #22

Or like Ralphie with his Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock & this thing which tells time catbyte Jan 2013 #35

HAAAAAA! verrrrry good! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #7

Joe Scar just said coldbeer Jan 2013 #8

I'm glad I could be part of the synchronicity of your day. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #13

pure fiction iiibbb Jan 2013 #9

No assault weapon needed in any of these cases. n/t countingbluecars Jan 2013 #11

How about 4 armed attackers on one? iiibbb Jan 2013 #50

Has an assault weapon EVER saved lives? randome Jan 2013 #53

He's lucky those 4 armed attackers countingbluecars Jan 2013 #54

Which one of these women used an AR again? I know for a fact Nancy Lanza USED to own one. nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #12

Good thing these people had guns SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #15

You already did the heavy lifting for me. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #17

You left out my favorite... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #20

Who wouldn't? randome Jan 2013 #42

Which one was the assault rifle again? paulbibeau Jan 2013 #16

And you are totally right about the statistics... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #21

Actually handguns are "better" for that Recursion Jan 2013 #23

Somebody go tell Gayle Trotter that. She argued otherwise. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #38

1. She's an idiot. 2. She makes the exact same wrong argument AWB proponents do Recursion Jan 2013 #39

The writers on the National Review made a similar argument... paulbibeau Jan 2013 #41

The guy who I think made the most sense was that professor who talked after Mark Kelly Recursion Jan 2013 #44

I will check that out. paulbibeau Jan 2013 #46

None of the cases you cited involved an assault rifle Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #18

I posted one of a man defending his home from a robber with an AR-15 yesterday Recursion Jan 2013 #24

For openers... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #29

Well, let's stick with semi-automatics Recursion Jan 2013 #31

wow...I'm going to get flamed for this... ewagner Jan 2013 #48

Here's what we can do... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #65

Those are decent ideas Recursion Jan 2013 #99

Not bad ideas at all... ewagner Jan 2013 #102

Treat them the same as fully-automatic.... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #104

You posted a story about a man invading a home with a BB gun! randome Jan 2013 #40

I don't know that any gun use is "heartwarming" Recursion Jan 2013 #43

No one is trying to leave people defenseless. randome Jan 2013 #45

The same can be said about mass killers and handguns hack89 Jan 2013 #52

No, a pistol would not have killed so many people in so short a time. randome Jan 2013 #56

A pistol killed *more* people at Virginia Tech in the same time period Recursion Jan 2013 #59

It's easier to kill a greater number of people in a short time frame with assault weapons. randome Jan 2013 #60

No, it's really not. Recursion Jan 2013 #62

It took the Virginia Tech shooter more than 2 hours to kill those people. randome Jan 2013 #67

Nope. Cho's rampage was about 9 minutes Recursion Jan 2013 #68

Fine. Some handguns are as good for mass murder as assault weapons. randome Jan 2013 #73

I've said nobody "needs" an AR-15 Recursion Jan 2013 #74

Not needing to reload is an advantage when committing mass murder. randome Jan 2013 #79

You know an AR-15 has magazines too, right? Recursion Jan 2013 #82

The odds of stopping someone who needs to reload frequently are better. randome Jan 2013 #94

Your point is valid but it has nothing to do with the AR-15: Recursion Jan 2013 #98

Thank God for Seung-Hui Cho Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #80

Rifles are used for mass shootings more often than they are for other types of crimes, I agree Recursion Jan 2013 #85

I knew I could count on you (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #87

There are other large body-count rampage killers who used only handguns. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #106

The Va Tech shooter killed 32 people with handguns hack89 Jan 2013 #63

And if he dropped his extra magazine while trying to reload it? randome Jan 2013 #76

Why are you talking about automatic weapons? hack89 Jan 2013 #78

I got my terms mixed up. Assault weapons, then. randome Jan 2013 #83

Why do you gloss over the Va Tech shootings? hack89 Jan 2013 #86

How can you deny the obvious? randome Jan 2013 #88

But that didn't happen at Sandy Hook or Va Tech hack89 Jan 2013 #89

I updated my post after you posted yours. randome Jan 2013 #90

And the Sandy Hook shooter reloaded several times hack89 Jan 2013 #91

We can't ignore handguns. We can't ban those. I recognize that. randome Jan 2013 #92

I have no problem with a magazine size limit hack89 Jan 2013 #93

Of course. And as you pointed out, mass murder can still occur. randome Jan 2013 #95

So can any semi-automatic Recursion Jan 2013 #55

As I said, we don't want a repeat of Sandy Hook. That's the base issue. randome Jan 2013 #58

This is simply false Recursion Jan 2013 #61

Why do the Navy SEALS use the M4? Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #69

Longer-range accuracy, which has not been a factor in any mass shooting since that guy in Texas Recursion Jan 2013 #71

You're earning it today (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #72

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You're not a fictional character! Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #10

Cudos - very good! nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #14

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Why does it have to be a woman/mother? iiibbb Jan 2013 #49

Here's a story about a son who used his mom's... jmg257 Jan 2013 #75

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You inspired me... Mother Of Four Jan 2013 #77

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The version in my head had more daisies on it. nt Kalidurga Jan 2013 #103