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Old 02-22-2016, 04:20 PM
 
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Why? No crony capitalism involved in the gun industry. Just a company providing a product protected under the constitution.

The only person responsible for the massacre, and it was clearly a massacre of innocent children, is the dead crazy kid.
Why not allow Remington to sell cannons, bazookas, grenades, etc? Why not allow auto makers to sell cars that can do 500 miles per hour? I am sure there is a market for that.

I don't have an issue with their business, but they should make weapons that are safe. There is no need for the sale of a gun that can shoot SO MANY bullets in such a short time. This sort of power naturally attracts WACOS. Why would any sane person be interested in owning such a gun?
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:24 PM
 
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Do you read what you post.
Unsafe car? What would that be? Any car hit someone at almost any speed can kill a person, like the 2 recent running over of people in the US. No car manufactrurer, one bing BMW, was or is going to be sued. It was the driver.
So, would you be happier if there was just one bullet per victim? There are guns that do that.
Fire at a lower rate? Really.. It only goes as fast as the person can pull the trigger.
If it wasnt guns, how about knives, rocks, poison, medicine, bow and arrow...
Killing is done by one thing, a PERSON. Weapons to assist are tools, TOOLS>
You make a good point, but automakers would be sued if they made a car that is not safe.
A simple gun that needs to be loaded after two shots would have much less killing power. One way to eliminate massacres is to only allow the sale of guns that function the way they did in the civil war. Anything else should not be allowed.

Why does a normal person needs a gun with so much destructive power?
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:37 PM
 
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You make a good point, but automakers would be sued if they made a car that is not safe.
A simple gun that needs to be loaded after two shots would have much less killing power. One way to eliminate massacres is to only allow the sale of guns that function the way they did in the civil war. Anything else should not be allowed.

Why does a normal person needs a gun with so much destructive power?
You have never been hunting have you?
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:38 PM
 
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You make a good point, but automakers would be sued if they made a car that is not safe.
A simple gun that needs to be loaded after two shots would have much less killing power. One way to eliminate massacres is to only allow the sale of guns that function the way they did in the civil war. Anything else should not be allowed.

Why does a normal person needs a gun with so much destructive power?
The same argument was made about Buick V-8s back in the 50s.
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:47 PM
 
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You have never been hunting have you?
I hunt with a bow and arrow.

Hunting with a weapon like the one used in the Sandy Hook school massacre is not a sport.

Why do you need a weapon that shoots hundreds of rounds per minute? What is the point?
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:50 PM
 
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You make a good point, but automakers would be sued if they made a car that is not safe.
A simple gun that needs to be loaded after two shots would have much less killing power. One way to eliminate massacres is to only allow the sale of guns that function the way they did in the civil war. Anything else should not be allowed.

Why does a normal person needs a gun with so much destructive power?
I would recommend you look at guns during the civil war. They had multiple high power high power rate of guns. 350 round per minute gatlings, for example. They used cannons and other things of destructive power
There are single shot guns that can shoot through several people at once, and are used for hunting large animals for food, ie bear, moose etc etc.
Go research guns before you post things you arent familiar with. Really. And semi automatic weapons have been around for hundreds of years.
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:52 PM
 
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I hunt with a bow and arrow.

Hunting with a weapon like the one used in the Sandy Hook school massacre is not a sport.

Why do you need a weapon that shoots hundreds of rounds per minute? What is the point?
Again, Guns arent always for hunting. These are for protection. Read the 2A. Really read it and see why they made it the way it was.
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:52 PM
 
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The same argument was made about Buick V-8s back in the 50s.
Mentally unstable people are everywhere. And somehow mentally unstable people have some sort of love affair with highly destructive guns. Crazy folks in love with knifes and cars have much less propensity to kill.

Unstable WACOS cannot be outlawed, but weapons of massive destruction can be prohibited.

High power guns are very attractive to unstable folks. Unstable folks cannot be legislated out of existence, however high power guns can be prohibited. Those that love to hunt can do so with a simpler weapon that needs to be re-loaded after two shots. That would make hunting a much more challenging sport.
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:54 PM
 
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I would recommend you look at guns during the civil war. They had multiple high power high power rate of guns. 350 round per minute gatlings, for example. They used cannons and other things of destructive power
There are single shot guns that can shoot through several people at once, and are used for hunting large animals for food, ie bear, moose etc etc.
Go research guns before you post things you arent familiar with. Really. And semi automatic weapons have been around for hundreds of years.
They should be removed from the market. I would only allow guns that need to be re-loaded after two shots.
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Old 02-22-2016, 04:57 PM
 
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Mentally unstable people are everywhere. And somehow mentally unstable people have some sort of love affair with highly destructive guns. Crazy folks in love with knifes and cars have much less propensity to kill.

Unstable WACOS cannot be outlawed, but weapons of massive destruction can be prohibited.

High power guns are very attractive to unstable folks. Unstable folks cannot be legislated out of existence, however high power guns can be prohibited. Those that love to hunt can do so with a simpler weapon that needs to be re-loaded after two shots. That would make hunting a much more challenging sport.
Get the hunting out of your mind. These weapons arent for hunting rabbits.
Protection against others, the government. Self Defense.
And, AR15's with 223/556 arent ideal for hunting much.
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