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In reply to the discussion: Is it time for a red flag number when it comes to ammunition? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)82. most likely he did have an accomplice
other wise, how could a guy on unemployment, or even without a really good paying job, get that stuff in a fairly short period of time. Where did he get the tear gas grenades?
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Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
OP
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
Is there a difference between someone on "Hoarders" and someone who stockpiles ammo?
LonePirate
Jul 2012
#5
You might have a percentage of gun owners that fall in the range of hoarders
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#16
Make sure you keep that post. Next time someone says "Nobody wants to ban guns"
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#50
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 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
When 9/11 occurred, Republicans were the first to support the Patriot Act, which flagellated
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#87
I don't approve of legislation that further reduces gun/ammo buyers' privacy.
NewMoonTherian
Jul 2012
#6
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
Enter an established gun free zone (urban area eg.) with a gun, go to jail for a long time.
Starboard Tack
Jul 2012
#116
The problem is that such laws require some subjective definition of what is considered a bulk buy.
Clames
Jul 2012
#34
You mean, he might have resorted to making bombs, rather than to go out on a shooting rampage.
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#19
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
Why don't we restrict the number of rounds you can buy in a certain time frame?
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#26
M-14, M-16, M-60 Machine gun, m-79 gernade launcher,1911 Colt 45 automatic, M-50 machine gun
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#63
Just pointing out obvious mistakes that make your post questionable
ProgressiveProfessor
Jul 2012
#97
Try a 20" bullseye at 600yds,20 shots, with no scope. Then get back to bragging.
oneshooter
Jul 2012
#62
Muzzle loading black powder Kentucky long rifles, used only for hunting, of course, are the only
bluedigger
Jul 2012
#54
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
Practically speaking, someone can't carry/use more than a few hundred at a time...
benEzra
Jul 2012
#110