That wasn't an assault weapon (Reply #12)

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Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:55 PM

Recursion (56,566 posts)

12. That wasn't an assault weapon

And since preventing stuff like that is the alleged point of the whole damn law I don't see why it's considered "derailing" when I point that out.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
Assault Weapon Truth [View all]	Douva	Jan 2013	OP
Confusion	locks	Jan 2013	#1
on average, how many people do you think are killed every day with assault weapons in America?	loknar	Jan 2013	#3
So...twenty kids in Newtown, CT were just a statistical anomaly.......	lastlib	Jan 2013	#8
how many people are killed by assault rifles every day?	loknar	Jan 2013	#10
^	lastlib	Jan 2013	#11
"That's all we need to know"	Recursion	Jan 2013	#22
I am NOT advocating for any law that keeps his gun legal. That's bullshit, and you know it.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#26
That wasn't an assault weapon	Recursion	Jan 2013	#12
I bet those kids thought it was--before they DIED!!	lastlib	Jan 2013	#19
Wow! You reminded me that kids died! That changes everything!	Recursion	Jan 2013	#20
It wouldn't be legal under MY idea of an assault-weapon ban.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#27
So tell me your idea of an assault weapon ban. I'm open to ideas	Recursion	Jan 2013	#28
if it points at you and a bullet comes out, it's an assault weapon.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#30
Ban all guns? Hasn't worked well for pot	Recursion	Jan 2013	#31
So just pure, emotional prohibitionism.	Callisto32	Jan 2013	#32
If it'll save one child's life, it works for me.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#36
Oh hey, spam link to NRA sources.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#2
You should forward this to those folks in Newtown, classes resumed today	jmg257	Jan 2013	#4
Adam Lanza did no such thing, his AR15 did it all.	loknar	Jan 2013	#5
It sure helped. After all - isn't that why we all like them so much?	jmg257	Jan 2013	#16
I think if we're talking about an AWB, it matters that his AR-15 wasn't an assault weapon	Recursion	Jan 2013	#13
If we're talking about a new AWB, it'll matter - they'll need to know how to expand the definition,	jmg257	Jan 2013	#17
Doesn't help them any, but if discussing possible policy changes, it's helpful to be accurate.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#14
Along with "assault weapons", which his rifle wasn't	Recursion	Jan 2013	#18
Yes, as defined in the 1994 Comprehensive Assault Weapons Ban.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#21
wolves in sheeps clothing?	jimmy the one	Jan 2013	#6
I love being a democrat, all except the part about having to be anti-gun.	loknar	Jan 2013	#7
Evidently you misread some of the	billh58	Jan 2013	#35
If it points at you and a bullet comes out, it's an assault weapon.	lastlib	Jan 2013	#9
So just to be clear ...	Straw Man	Jan 2013	#15
Here's a hint	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Jan 2013	#23
Did you actually look at the site?	Douva	Jan 2013	#24
Not worried	jimmy the one	Jan 2013	#25
Are you a liberal Democrat? I see your anti-2A stance (not a good start). What else?	Eleanors38	Jan 2013	#29
DU, especially the Gungeon	billh58	Jan 2013	#33
Thank you so much	billh58	Jan 2013	#34

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