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In reply to the discussion: Dear pedantic shits saying it's a Sig Sauer MCX, not an AR-15, and not an assault rifle: FUCK YOU [View all]Just reading posts
(688 posts)93. "Gun humpers"? Way to elevate the conversation. What is this, 6th grade?
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Dear pedantic shits saying it's a Sig Sauer MCX, not an AR-15, and not an assault rifle: FUCK YOU [View all]
Bucky
Jun 2016
OP
I just pictured someone hitting someone else with a copy of Settlers of Catan
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#234
After Katrina the government went door to door collecting guns. No one thought
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#220
I saw it at the time and couldn't believe that more of an issue wasn't made of it.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#313
This is why your rights under the 4th and the 14th are being eroded right now.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2016
#145
They can snoop your email, audit your taxes, file a dozen court cases on you... AR15s won't help
Bucky
Jun 2016
#323
Who in his right mind cares about the semantic distinction when a non-assault rifle
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#104
But you seemed to think it important to add that machine guns haven't been sold
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#108
Yes, I'm of the group that wants to ban these weapons on the basis of functionality.
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#111
There is a reason that certain firearms are chosen for these terrorists acts.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#230
There is no distinguishing difference between that AR-15 and XYZ semi-auto rifle with a detachable
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#233
Let's start with magazines and bullet types. Rifles designed to kill humans like tumbling bullets.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#236
You only address the functionality of the hardware. The looks of guns are that way for a purpose,
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#279
This conversation is about trying to solve the problem of mass terrorist shootings.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#278
Wrong. The AR-15 was designed so that the bullet becomes unstable in flight and starts to
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#277
Incorrect, as usual. Consult Rose's "American Rifle:. A Biography" to confirm the myth
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#280
Myth. If the bullet was unstable in flight, it wouldn't be accurate past 50 feet.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#289
That would be incorrect. They do not tumble in flight. That totally throws off their accuracy.
Waldorf
Jun 2016
#294
It wasn't designed for accuracy at 500 meters. It was designed to kill humans.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#316
You seem to get off on telling me I am wrong but not proving it. Medium range isn't 500 yds.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#318
It doesn't use special ammo. The ammo that I shoot thru my AR-15's is the exact same thing
Waldorf
Jun 2016
#290
Could you point me towards any training that is designed to teach how to WOUND?
Thor_MN
Jun 2016
#322
I asked you a question. Where is the military or any shooting training that teaches to wound.
Thor_MN
Jun 2016
#340
AR variants are not less lethal than a full auto assault rifle They are in fact more accurate,
Monk06
Jun 2016
#282
You brought up the distinction between 'Assault rifles' and the semi auto AR so I figured make
Monk06
Jun 2016
#293
LOL. It's always funny when gun lovers act like "assault rife" is some scientific term
RAFisher
Jun 2016
#283
they're "whackers": they sit around the basement hoard and the gun range talking about the minutiae
MisterP
Jun 2016
#15
how does limiting the number of bullets in a cartridge/container, make your gun useless?
uppityperson
Jun 2016
#35
And if you don't turn it in, you'll face "severe" criminal penalties!
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#181
So a double barreled shotgun or lever action rifle would both be illegal.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#179
But why are you only trying to limit those guns, when handguns kill so many more each year?
MadDAsHell
Jun 2016
#185
Gun-humpers have been twisting themselves into knots for years trying to downplay the
Aristus
Jun 2016
#31
And most of them have never had a need for a gun for self protection in the first place
passiveporcupine
Jun 2016
#40
You have a knack with titles. Excellent post too. Every gun yahoo should read this.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#32
+1. Back in the day, to get our first drivers license we had to watch this horrible film of
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#194
Damn, that's sobering. We should regulate how safe those things can be & where they're allowed
Bucky
Jun 2016
#347
How is an assault rifle with a folding stock for ease of smuggling into a crowded space even legal?
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#38
Rachel Maddow did a whole segment about that gun and how the killer managed to get it in the club.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#75
If that's true and the AP is wrong, then we need to increase the minimum gun length
Recursion
Jun 2016
#77
No we do not. It's a stupid law that does no good. It keeps the gun he used legal
Recursion
Jun 2016
#94
That report says right on the first page it does not reflect the views of the Department of Justice.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#213
And that's not surprising if only because the AWB allowed manufacturers to continue selling
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#218
I agree, and that's entirely within Congress's authority to do. It's also completely backwards.
Recursion
Jun 2016
#305
Well...unless you have the power to change it, in point of fact you do.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#57
Not this year. And in any case, I've never seen a single serious proposal to change the defintiion
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#62
You posted it to support your implication that folding stocks don't make it concealable.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#64
The size of the rifle is obvious. It's not a handgun, for pete's sake.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#82
"Gun humpers"? Way to elevate the conversation. What is this, 6th grade?
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#93
Typical. Gun humper gets called a gun humper by posting NRA drivel and gun porn
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#300
It's hardly "porn". The other poster expressed concern that the first picture didn't have the
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#101
Don't you get sick of the predictable, thin skinned path gun huggers take each time someone dares
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#320
While it's overpowered for squirrels, the .223 cartridge is considered a small game round.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#304
Well spoken, sir. Get all of these things out of circulation, or limit the magazine
Francis Booth
Jun 2016
#45
How do you propose to get them out of circulation? Voluntary buyback, or confiscation?
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#51
The government would have to compensate for the value of the magazine, but they
Francis Booth
Jun 2016
#123
The magazines in and of themselves, perhaps there are a billion or so in circulation. But if you add
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#187
No. . .maybe if someone important to these gun humpers like LaPierre and the jerks in Congress died
Feeling the Bern
Jun 2016
#301
Terrible idea. Just get rid of firearms that will fire over one round in a few seconds and no
vkkv
Jun 2016
#244
While most rifles of this particular model are .22 caliber (.223 to be exact), they're also
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#98
I want someone to look the dead victims families in the eye and tell them that. If they
Rex
Jun 2016
#99
When a bomb goes off, it's important to discern what kinds of chemicals the bomb used.
DetlefK
Jun 2016
#120
And the argument they follow with is "which one of those types of guns do you want to
Squinch
Jun 2016
#302
A-fucking-men. These guns are not used to hunt or defend. They are used with alcohol around ....
marble falls
Jun 2016
#126
Ever hear of a bb gun? Absolute hell on a paperplate. Quit buying armored paper plates.
marble falls
Jun 2016
#140
How accurate do need to be with a paper plate? I'ne never needed a second round to put one one ....
marble falls
Jun 2016
#144
Straight out of the NRA handbook titled, "How to Lose Your Humanity So You Can
Squinch
Jun 2016
#303
That is the tactic, get you trapped into arguments about petty details
liberal N proud
Jun 2016
#154
Sigh, I know. I would okay with less tecky language in the law that bans "too many" guns
Bucky
Jun 2016
#196
50 people murdered in 20 minutes. There's zero justification for this, gun nuts. Zero.
Initech
Jun 2016
#174
Assault weapon is correct. Assault rifle is not. You mix the terms in your first paragraph.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2016
#197
A big @#$% you to the gun huggers and their moist chit chat about @#$% no one else cares about.
Scurrilous
Jun 2016
#208
I guess it's an option to tell people 'FUCK YOU!" when you don't have your own facts straight
Bonx
Jun 2016
#243
There will always exist the half-wit who pretends that nothing can be done
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#246