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Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

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39. I wanted to show my sister a shoelace, but she wouldn't get the joke.

Reply to Remmah2 (Reply #37)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:33 PM

Feb 2013

I'm always a little amazed at people like her, that absolutely "KNOW" what goes on at a gun show. Even though they've never been to one in their life.

But Karma being what it is, her husband sidled over to me at the family Christmas dinner, looked around to make sure she wasn't in the room, and asked me about ammo for home defense for a 1936 Belgian made Browning Auto 5 he had inherited from his late Dad.

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"Nobody needs a 30 round magazine to defend themselves" [View all] bossy22 Feb 2013 OP

Not when the police should not have 30, 20, 17 or 15 Glassunion Feb 2013 #1

I'm against a magazine ban, but I could compromise at 20. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #2

+1 darkangel218 Feb 2013 #3

Put the limit at 33 krispos42 Feb 2013 #4

I agree, but chances are that the gun control groups will push for 10. ... spin Feb 2013 #5

ten figures, ten toes, ten cartridges. krispos42 Feb 2013 #6

What would they say about the grips or those tabs iiibbb Feb 2013 #7

Tabs? ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #8

I assume he's talking about magazines Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #9

That is a reasonable explanation. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #10

+0 extender iiibbb Feb 2013 #11

Yah, just never heard them referred to as tabs before. ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #20

brain fart on my part iiibbb Feb 2013 #21

Nobody needs more than a revolver's amount of bullets. Dash87 Feb 2013 #12

And how would the Secret Service respond to that recommendation? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #13

They protect the President and are part of the Govt. Dash87 Feb 2013 #14

How... Puha Ekapi Feb 2013 #15

Because both are unnecessary. Dash87 Feb 2013 #16

You do realize rocket launchers are usually single shots breach loaders? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #17

I think you misunderstood my point. Dash87 Feb 2013 #18

I need them, I have been known to miss on occasion. DonP Feb 2013 #19

Hand grenades. Remmah2 Feb 2013 #32

Tried to buy some at the last few gun shows... DonP Feb 2013 #36

What? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #37

I wanted to show my sister a shoelace, but she wouldn't get the joke. DonP Feb 2013 #39

Police hit ratios are not stellar. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #22

I'm no police officer, but couldn't they just get backup? Dash87 Feb 2013 #23

what makes you think the bad guys won't have access to them after the ban? gejohnston Feb 2013 #24

They might, but why don't many have military grade Dash87 Feb 2013 #25

pistols are easy to conceal gejohnston Feb 2013 #26

Backup takes a while. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #30

Just an interesting note Flyboy_451 Feb 2013 #27

Two words oh sage of the internet. Callisto32 Feb 2013 #38

Has nothing to do with the argument. Dash87 Feb 2013 #40

It is not about you! It's about the victims of mass upaloopa Feb 2013 #28

distract and confuse sigmasix Feb 2013 #29

there always have been parity gejohnston Feb 2013 #31

10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes iiibbb Feb 2013 #33

one-fifth of all homicides involve multiple attackers. krispos42 Feb 2013 #34

"why 10?" guardian Feb 2013 #35