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In reply to the discussion: Abdulazeez (Tennessee gunman) bought assault rifles online. [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)54. Gabby doesn't shoot nowadays. She's relegated to watching her husband shoot. He
thinks it will help advance gun control, by having gun owners calling for restrictions. I'm not convinced. But if you shot with Gabby, you'd probably have to help her hold the gun.
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We seem to have ceded the meaning of "assault rifle" to mean "semi-automatic." n/t
Igel
Jul 2015
#13
The lie was repeated enough. WaPo is a classic case of how terms are conflated in the same story.
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#20
Are their any other instances where you support imprecision of language?
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#69
Would those "right-wing political movements" include the Obama Administration?
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#84
Your attempt to go Jade Helm about "military-styled semi-auto(s)" isn't supported by fact
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#89
"Moral panic-mongering" isn't an insult, it is an accurate description
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#98
" I won't stand for your side's controlling the terminology of the debate" Yawn
Lurks Often
Jul 2015
#95
If correct, it would be a once-in-a-decade event and merits close enquiry
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#105
In what way does the reporting imply he did not go through a NICS check?
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2015
#7
I think when Doctors rx medications for depression, the Doctor should be required to inform
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#10
just an extra layer to the screening process for new guns. Let the professionals decide
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#15
I'm not saying that. This person family said he was 'on and off' his medication for depression
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#18
when the Doctor speaks with the family/patient they can ask, recommend the person be flagged.
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#25
There is a 5th Amendment which protects due process; i.e., court orders to infringe a right.
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#23
Depression is very common in the US it's possible it's a covariate rather than a cause
HereSince1628
Jul 2015
#11
We don't have enough information to know if it was a private sale or if a NICS check happened.
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#63
Yeah, but in most states he could have gone to a gun show, found seller who wasn't "in the business"
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#31
Well, and it's my opinion, if you have more than a few hunting rifles, you are likely too sick
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#34
I'm sorry you feel insulted. But fact is, by owning a number of gunz, and promoting gunz,
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#41
You are doing it right here. Any criticism of gunz, brings you running to defend them.
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#43
I think it is similar to someone who drives a Hummer. You are contributing to gun pollution, just
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#40
"Shooting those guns harms no one." ?? WTF?? ***Shooting*those*guns*killed*5*people***, ffs. nt
Electric Monk
Jul 2015
#45
Au contraire. At a minimum you are helping preserve the use of lethal weapons in our socoety.
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#47
Nope. Spokespersons like Brady, Giffords, Moms, etc., do a great job. Heck, people
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#51
Welcome to DU, burchfield... I see that we live in the same town.. small world, especially in this
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#102
And how, because he's Muslim, it was "terror, terror, terror!" straight out of the gate.
Fawke Em
Jul 2015
#87
There's another reason for owning them that you rather diplomatically didn't mention:
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#85
Would he have been prevented from buying in a brick-and-mortar gun shop?
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2015
#79
He would not have been prevented from buying in a brick-and-mortar gun shop
Lurks Often
Jul 2015
#81
Shrug, I think the bar to remove any Constitutional right should be set high
Lurks Often
Jul 2015
#83
You can buy a gun online easy but you're not getting your hands on it until you go through an FFL
951-Riverside
Jul 2015
#99