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Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
42. Easy
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 02:50 PM
Jul 2012

The only solution and the one which will be implemented eventually.
A total ban on certain types of weapons and equipment in public places. Not control, BAN! Break it and the consequences will break you.

you mean semi automatic gejohnston Jul 2012 #1
Chilling effects. Callisto32 Jul 2012 #72
Not sure how that could be done objectively or practically ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #2
Maybe we need a better dispatch center to keep track of the bulk sales? Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #3
Bulk sales IMO would start at 5000 or 10,000 rounds of the same kind ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #14
I wish Storage Wars would air the number of times they opened one of those Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #18
"I know they have to turn in everything to the police if they find them" rl6214 Jul 2012 #36
That is a state by state thing ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #44
Do tell. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #48
Not too much to tell ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #67
No kidding. HALO141 Jul 2012 #113
"People watching infrastructure" would be better rrneck Jul 2012 #4
Is there a difference between someone on "Hoarders" and someone who stockpiles ammo? LonePirate Jul 2012 #5
Such a major non sequitur I don't even know where to begin. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #8
I'll take that as a no then. LonePirate Jul 2012 #11
Either that or they got a very good deal ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #15
You might have a percentage of gun owners that fall in the range of hoarders Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #16
That depends on your definition of "stockpiling". NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #9
On the contrary, we're not out to get you. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #12
Good luck with that around here. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #24
Oh come on now. I want to find civilized solutions... NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #31
Let the group know when you actually come up with a solution. Clames Jul 2012 #33
Taking into account the law of unintended consequences n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #35
Easy Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #42
Laughable. Clames Jul 2012 #49
Make sure you keep that post. Next time someone says "Nobody wants to ban guns" shadowrider Jul 2012 #50
That's what Print Screen is for ;) n/t Clames Jul 2012 #59
Saw a post in GD about banning all semi-automatics Kaleva Jul 2012 #66
Only one? Those comments are flowing like the River Nile. n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #71
I don't want to ban guns. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #83
That would take away the tools of legitimate self-defense... NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #70
So what kinds of weapons and equipment are we talking about? Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #103
need more thinking people gejohnston Jul 2012 #43
There are many thinking people here, including yourself. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #106
I read some of the ones in GD gejohnston Jul 2012 #107
exhibit number one gejohnston Jul 2012 #108
If I have to choose between fighting a big fight or years of incrementalism, I'll take the big fight Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #102
I can promise you that ammuntion and magazine sales are going to go up Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #51
More the reason we apply this red flag rule now and get over the hump Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #73
What does this accomplish? Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #92
I don't think that public safety and personal freedom are conflicting interests. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #68
I do forsee the day when these things will be handled without our knowledge. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #74
what do you mean "our own"? gejohnston Jul 2012 #75
He is a byproduct of your loose rules. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #76
gun store owners do gejohnston Jul 2012 #77
Except, it looks like we have an accomplice in the mix. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #79
most likely he did have an accomplice gejohnston Jul 2012 #82
This is not the fault of gun owners not accessibility of firearms. alabama_for_obama Jul 2012 #99
The current airport security procedures aren't acceptable either. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #78
I think the fatality numbers are the issue. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #80
No good legislative change has been proposed. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #84
When 9/11 occurred, Republicans were the first to support the Patriot Act, which flagellated Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #87
Concede to what? NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #88
Red flagging large ammo purchases. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #89
How would you describe a "large ammo purchace"? oneshooter Jul 2012 #90
My concern... NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #96
Flagging large ammo purchases won't accomplish much. Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #105
Semi-automatics can now shoot 70 people Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #94
The shooters 100 round drum also jammed n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #95
But the numbers are in decline. Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #104
I go almost everywhere without fear of being shot. alabama_for_obama Jul 2012 #98
Except... Atypical Liberal Jul 2012 #101
I buy... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2012 #20
Hoarders often store trash 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #86
I don't approve of legislation that further reduces gun/ammo buyers' privacy. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #6
I'm willing to field ideas. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #7
I think there are better ideas already out there. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #10
Those are very valid points. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #13
I disagree. His bulk ammo purchase was a symptom and not the problem. shadowrider Jul 2012 #22
The problem is that 70 people were shot in a theater. Not guns, not mental health, not his mother. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #39
This theater WAS AND IS a gun free zone. The shooter must not have seen the sign. shadowrider Jul 2012 #40
Gun free zones are not gun free if there is no enforcement. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #41
So what is your plan for enforcing no gun zones? n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #47
How are they currently enforced? The real ones? Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #111
chances when caught, gejohnston Jul 2012 #112
This post makes me feel like banging my head against a wall. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #69
Take your time. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #114
What kind of enforcement? NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #115
Enter an established gun free zone (urban area eg.) with a gun, go to jail for a long time. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #116
I'm not talking about hunting down gangbangers in the streets. NewMoonTherian Jul 2012 #117
How about preventing crimes like this or at least a faster response. Starboard Tack Jul 2012 #118
And he finally gets it. Clames Jul 2012 #109
All public gathering places declared gun-free zones (no exceptions). Trunk Monkey Jul 2012 #53
The problem is that such laws require some subjective definition of what is considered a bulk buy. Clames Jul 2012 #34
The amount of ammo he purchased has not bearing on what happened rl6214 Jul 2012 #38
Thanks alabama_for_obama Jul 2012 #100
I don't think this would work jleavesl Jul 2012 #17
You mean, he might have resorted to making bombs, rather than to go out on a shooting rampage. Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #19
Then those should have gotten him caught jleavesl Jul 2012 #21
We're not sure at this point what kind of explosives they are. C4 would have gotten shadowrider Jul 2012 #25
Fertilizer in bulk. Nothing would stop him from legally buying enough in small quantities shadowrider Jul 2012 #23
Your powder purchases could be restricted. The points could be restricted. upaloopa Jul 2012 #28
Just curious CokeMachine Jul 2012 #55
I buy buy black powder in bulk, generally 25lbs at a time. oneshooter Jul 2012 #57
Why don't we restrict the number of rounds you can buy in a certain time frame? upaloopa Jul 2012 #26
Did you forget about target practice? Travis_0004 Jul 2012 #29
If you go to the gun range, the range can provide the rounds. upaloopa Jul 2012 #30
Ok, so the range provides the rounds. How long before the government wants shadowrider Jul 2012 #37
Throwing the BS card on you here ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #45
M-14, M-16, M-60 Machine gun, m-79 gernade launcher,1911 Colt 45 automatic, M-50 machine gun upaloopa Jul 2012 #63
Qualified Expert on some of those, have the bars to prove it ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #64
Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #91
YOU'RE a fool. If you're going to say it, at least spell correctly, ok? shadowrider Jul 2012 #93
Just pointing out obvious mistakes that make your post questionable ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #97
Do you realize how many types of ammo exist? Travis_0004 Jul 2012 #52
Assuming that you were shooting at a target similar to this .... spin Jul 2012 #58
Try a 20" bullseye at 600yds,20 shots, with no scope. Then get back to bragging. oneshooter Jul 2012 #62
How is that reasonable? Clames Jul 2012 #60
No. bluedigger Jul 2012 #27
Smokeless powder rounds do not explode ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #46
Muzzle loading black powder Kentucky long rifles, used only for hunting, of course, are the only bluedigger Jul 2012 #54
" all the old unsafe stuff has been recalled." oneshooter Jul 2012 #56
8mm Lebel ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #65
Had a real nice Cavalry carbine. sold it to a collector for a lot more than I paid for it. oneshooter Jul 2012 #81
I'd rather tax money support mental illness programs and initiatives to thwart mass killings. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #32
There is very little regulation in buying the materials needed for a fertilizer bomb Kaleva Jul 2012 #61
He purchased a semi-automatic 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #85
Practically speaking, someone can't carry/use more than a few hundred at a time... benEzra Jul 2012 #110
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