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In reply to the discussion: Jason Alexander long twit on Assault Weapons [View all]Red Knight
(704 posts)77. So Large Capacity Magazines are fine to sell?
This is for nothing but killing large numbers of people.
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"despite the 100,000 Americans that die every year due to domestic gun violence" is not true!
Logical
Jul 2012
#1
I am not happy with ONE. But bullshit lies to make a point does not help matters. get it?
Logical
Jul 2012
#9
A "typo" is a bullshit lie when it goes uncorrected and gets intentionally propagated to copies
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#27
With rates of violent crime of all kinds going down, it's going to be a long wait
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#39
Jesus, WTF is wrong with you. Once again you let Brady make you look foolish.....
Logical
Jul 2012
#154
LOL, you like looking foolish? You said I could not prove the 10,000 number and I did.....
Logical
Jul 2012
#170
Again, the OP is not just about domestic gun violence, but DEATHS due to domestic gun violence.
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#193
Exactly. NO ONE needs an assault rifle unless they're planning a mass killing.
calimary
Jul 2012
#227
OK. No problem. Now what do you think that our society could do to end these massacres?
JDPriestly
Jul 2012
#212
That will never happen without restricting our firearm ownership rights to that of other countries.
Atypical Liberal
Jul 2012
#225
I am in favor of them now. Please list ONE that would have stopped this shooting. n-t
Logical
Jul 2012
#151
Only you would think murders and suicides are the same. Do you understand how stupid that sounds?
Logical
Jul 2012
#137
Sure and the Republicans need to check the Democrats political ads for accuracy before they are run.
RC
Jul 2012
#216
We are so used to citing Wikipedia ... I like that source but look what I found
rosesaylavee
Jul 2012
#114
Yea, 10 thousand ain't bad as long as one of those 10,000 isn't anyone I care about.
Pizz
Jul 2012
#82
100k are killed or wounded, suicided. Does that make you happier? n/t
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#123
He corrected the figure, which was really like the difference between purple and maroon to me.
greyl
Jul 2012
#119
I agree with President Obama that the 2A supports an individual right. Take it up with him. nt
hack89
Jul 2012
#126
The overall meaning of the points he made wasn't affected at all by the erroneous figure.
greyl
Jul 2012
#138
I notice the usual suspects don't address the other things said vs ONE point.
Ichingcarpenter
Jul 2012
#12
Well, when he starts off like Fox News with 100,000 deaths a year, I question the rest.
Logical
Jul 2012
#14
The usual suspects have been addressing them in the hundreds of other threads on the subject.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#18
Lol. I guess you'll just have to tolerate Jason's deadly 1st Amendment right. nt
greyl
Jul 2012
#136
Well, considering the bullshit statistics the NRA feeds it's gun loving fans....
Walk away
Jul 2012
#19
Just going to show that Alexander, like so many others on this subject, have virtually no knowledge
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#23
Yes, and the expired "AW" ban was a result of ignorant people writing a law
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#29
You so called "experts" scare the hell out of me. Go find somewhere to hang out besides here.
xtraxritical
Jul 2012
#42
The typo brought out the short list of gungeoneers like flies to honey.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#26
If I could chat with Jason Alexander, I would ask him where the compromise is?
aikoaiko
Jul 2012
#33
of the 10,000 8 per day are children/teens. Sad . . . but that also appears to be within acceptable
DrDan
Jul 2012
#76
I think the line was drawn correctly in 1934 with the National Firearms Act
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#58
How many crimes have been committed with legally owned machineguns since 1934?
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#69
Perhaps fortuantely the 100 round drum magazine that Holmes used on the AR-15 ...
spin
Jul 2012
#115
So you think it is acceptable for a private citizen to be more armed than the police?
Historyprof77132
Jul 2012
#93
It's a whole lot easier for police to get weapons covered by the NFA than it is for non-police
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#100
My question was where do gun owners draw the line for an unacceptable
Historyprof77132
Jul 2012
#109
You are asking for the ban on any semi-auto rifle that has a detachable magazine.
Kaleva
Jul 2012
#104
An AR-15 with a 5 round mag is functionally no different then any other semi-auto with a 5 rnd mag.
Kaleva
Jul 2012
#139
The AR-15 looks like it has been dipped in testosterone compared to a normal semi-auto and
RC
Jul 2012
#217
it always seemed to me that they were talking about the National Guard or something like that.
progressivebydesign
Jul 2012
#121