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Response to Recursion (Original post)

So you are not arguing against a new AWB, your arguing for one that is greatly expanded. jmg257 Dec 2012 #1
I'm not sure Recursion Dec 2012 #3
One doesn't have to try and ban all semi-automatics. Kaleva Dec 2012 #9
This would be a serious proposal. krispos42 Dec 2012 #11
I have your thread bookmarked. Kaleva Dec 2012 #18
Thanks. krispos42 Dec 2012 #25
With my budget, I'd be limited to something like this Kaleva Dec 2012 #30
I'm gonna sell when my AR's are worth 3500. ileus Dec 2012 #23
And you'd probably get that in a few years if there was a comprehensive ban on... Kaleva Dec 2012 #27
Hopefully we won't see such a broad ban. ileus Dec 2012 #33
If someone votes Republican over this issue, we don't need them MightyMopar Dec 2012 #2
We don't get to decide what's important to voters (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #6
Many people who don't vote would come off the fence to vote against the gun culture MightyMopar Dec 2012 #28
You wouldn't mind if we try to write a better law. upaloopa Dec 2012 #4
Firing so many rounds Recursion Dec 2012 #5
You are not thinking big enough. jmg257 Dec 2012 #7
Well you just keep bringing up exceptions and I can write a law to cover them upaloopa Dec 2012 #8
No, these aren't exceptions, that's my point Recursion Dec 2012 #10
Like I said it matters what paradigm you see the world through. upaloopa Dec 2012 #13
Well I in fact do think we need gun control, so you're missing something Recursion Dec 2012 #15
You keep dodging the subject. PavePusher Dec 2012 #39
Be aware that an AR-15 runs about $1,500 a copy. krispos42 Dec 2012 #14
What do you think fair market value on all those would be if they were illegal to possess? jmg257 Dec 2012 #16
Black markets are difficult to model Recursion Dec 2012 #17
No clue krispos42 Dec 2012 #20
You make it sound so simple .... spin Dec 2012 #21
I was told expressly that technical details didn't matter. krispos42 Dec 2012 #12
About Point #2 Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #19
Actually I think "pretend military rifle" is a great term Recursion Dec 2012 #22
Go ahead. I am tired of people getting hung up on semantics. Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #26
While I dislike the rhetoric, your points hold merit enough to warrant further study. Decoy of Fenris Dec 2012 #29
How about all of the lever rifles oneshooter Dec 2012 #56
I'm now into the school of thought that says reclassify all semi-automatics to be covered under the RomneyLies Dec 2012 #24
I think I understand that gun officionado's want to get the laws "right". MichiganVote Dec 2012 #31
Well said, and I do get that Recursion Dec 2012 #32
:) If only others did too. Thing is, we need every rational mind now on this MichiganVote Dec 2012 #34
It is not now, nor has it ever been, about "safety". ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #35
To parents, to neighborhood to people-the issue is safety. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #36
Well, you have it half correct. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #37
We can exercise control too if its important enought to us. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #46
The last time we tried to legislate social safety quickly, we got the Patriot Act. PavePusher Dec 2012 #40
And I would argue that the Patriot Act was more about repression. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #45
One man's perception of safety is another mans repression. PavePusher Dec 2012 #48
Correct. Its a conundrum. Until you remember 20 dead 1st graders and their families. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #49
...and the fact that the laws of their state required them to be essentially defenseless.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #50
Ah, I see. The answer then in your eyes is for 1st graders to be defensive. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #53
Have fun with that shark you jumped.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #54
Then let's ban semi-automatic weapons with detachable magazines, then. And handguns. nilram Dec 2012 #38
"They aren't doing anyone any good..." PavePusher Dec 2012 #41
The Australian homicide rate was going down before the ban gejohnston Dec 2012 #42
I'm glad they got busted. Good news for a change. nilram Dec 2012 #43
agreed gejohnston Dec 2012 #44
Our homicide rate has gone down slightly more than Australia's has Recursion Dec 2012 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #51
I disagree Recursion Dec 2012 #52
Skinner's temporary amnesty allowing Second Amendment posts in GD brought out those who only think jody Dec 2012 #55
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