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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The claims about gun control and the Holocaust are bogus [View all]Straw Man
(6,596 posts)14. In NY State ...
... there are many models of .22 target rifles that can no longer be bought and sold because the magazines hold more than seven rounds. Eight-shot .22 revolvers fall under the same restriction. These are not "assault weapons," and they are not crime guns. These restrictions are petty, punitive, and pointless. Oh yes: and unreasonable.
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Tasteless, specious, but maybe not bogus in terms of a low number of alternate realities
iiibbb
Feb 2013
#3
It is an assault style weapon, and it has been used in multiple mass shootings which proves it is a
Dog Gone at Penigma
Feb 2013
#53
DC ban on assault weapons and assault style weapons, upheld October 2011
Dog Gone at Penigma
Feb 2013
#64
History shows otherwise with the catalyst for Kristallnacht, a german jew shooting a nazi
Dog Gone at Penigma
Feb 2013
#7
Difficult to say how well it would have crystalized. Theorizing about alternate realities is useles
iiibbb
Feb 2013
#12
There is a difference between uninformed speculation and solid historical conclusions
Dog Gone at Penigma
Feb 2013
#15
here is a link you requested, but you can find many more; and no, I'm not a criminologist
Dog Gone at Penigma
Feb 2013
#31
why am I NOT surprised. silence, immediately!!!! Sh. move along everyone Nothing to See Here
Tuesday Afternoon
Feb 2013
#38