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So I am able to choose to live in a community that daily shootings isn't a day to day issue.
These mass shootings don't seem to hit 'crime' ridden communities so that makes me think a little.
None of us imagine being in a movie theater, grocery store, school and being shot at.
I live in a community where the police departments have taken to frequent reminders to take the gun out of your car and to lock your car. That makes me so angry.
We always so criminals don't buy their guns -- nope -- many of them get them from glove compartments...ugh.
Selfishly -- daily killings not an issue
On a bigger issue -- gun violence in general in this country is out of control.
violence itself is out of control... there are more people killed by knives, than by guns
At the very minimum an AR-15 ban since they are used in pretty much every mass shooting.
The mouth breathers will come back with well hand guns kill the most. Yes they kill the most in BAD, usually ghetto neighborhoods.
These mass shootings are in nice areas where you don't expect any kind of crime of that magnitude. That's the difference.
The AR-15 especially is the gun because you can mow down so many more people.
Australia hasnt had a mass shooting since their ban
It's sad to see how the fascists in the US have so rapidly embraced tyranny under the guise of altruism.
It is not YOUR RIGHT to infringe upon MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. All democrats, who are totalitarians at heart, do not value individual liberties and understand the implications of beginning to revoke SOME RIGHTS.
Mao was right- liberals are "useful idiots" and are more deadly to US liberty than all of the enemies our nation has faced in the past.
A person could kill just as many people with a semi-automatic pistol with an extended clip. I hate to break it to you, but it's too late. There are already more than 300 million guns in circulation. No matter what the law is, someone will always be able to get their hands on a gun if they want to. Maybe you should get one to protect yourself.
These CLUELESS individuals don't even realize we never had an actual ban on the made up term assault weapons. The "ban" in 1994 didn't ban a damn thing. I bought more center fire, semi-auto long guns during that stretch than I ever have. We have the same such useless ban right now in CA and I can buy an AR-15 today any local gun store. The are c-l-u-e-l-e-s-s to these feel good laws. They are simply symbolic to say the "did something".
At the very minimum an AR-15 ban since they are used in pretty much every mass shooting.
The mouth breathers will come back with well hand guns kill the most. Yes they kill the most in BAD, usually ghetto neighborhoods.
These mass shootings are in nice areas where you don't expect any kind of crime of that magnitude. That's the difference.
The AR-15 especially is the gun because you can mow down so many more people.
Australia hasnt had a mass shooting since their ban
the ar-15 has NOT been used in "pretty much every mass shooting."
the ar-15 is NOT an assault weapon
its a magazine fed, gas operated bolt action .223 (22 cal) semi-automatic hunting rifle.... it is NOT an assault weapon
ar15 has never been a military only weapon...it is a civilian weapon, and a good one, one which the military MODIFIED it for military use
the ar15 is NOT an assault weapon
you guys have said specifically "assault weapons" and "war weapons"
that is why people have asked the grabbers to define "assault weapon"
nearly every weapon out there seems to be an assault weapon to your ilk
90% of the people have no idea what an assault weapon is and isn't
its not bickering, we are not being nerds or obtuse about it
why don't we start with defining what an assault weapon is???
the most of these politico's can not define what "military style" is
or..... what an assault weapon is
before anyone should be proposing a law the definition needs to be clearly established
defineassault weapon.....
an ar15 is NOT an assault weapon
define (you want a ban/regulation) of what an assault weapon is
everyone of these is what an ar15 could have....to include choice of caliber size)
is it caliber size
is it magazine(round storage) size
is it semi-auto
is it a handguard to protect the hands from a hot barrel
is it that it can have a scope mounted
is it that it can have a bipod mounted
is it because its (as the rolling stones said) Painted Black
nearly everyone of those option is available on nearly every weapon...to include handguns
the only one that is not available on nearly every weapon is: and its NOT available on the ar15 without an ILLEGAL mod (or grandfathered M16)....is it full auto
the ar15 is available:
in different calibers
in different magazine(round storage) size
in different styles of handguard to protect the hands from a hot barrel
in different scope mounts
in different bipod mounted
in different colors
nearly every rifle has those different options,,,over 65% of ALL rifles are semi
so if YOU are going to say BAN assault weapons LIKE the ar15...you are meaning nearly all rifles....AND HANDGUNS...... so make a definition otherwise you ARE SAYING ban them all..including handguns and pump shotguns
what about my tube magazine (10-15round) lever action Henry 44mag rifle (like what the "Rifleman" had but full length barrel )
so which is it ...ban an UNDEFINED set of weapons(which really means ban all).. or maintain our constitutional rights that shall NOT be infringed
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Op, and other fools, cannot wait until their nanny state, that they rely on so heavily, bans everything, eventually to include kitchen knives too(shades of the UK). Must be sad to be those who carry so much overwhelming fear in their everyday lives.
At the very minimum an AR-15 ban since they are used in pretty much every mass shooting.
The mouth breathers will come back with well hand guns kill the most. Yes they kill the most in BAD, usually ghetto neighborhoods.
These mass shootings are in nice areas where you don't expect any kind of crime of that magnitude. That's the difference.
The AR-15 especially is the gun because you can mow down so many more people.
Australia hasnt had a mass shooting since their ban
Chalk up yet another uninformed person who feels it's OK to give the government the authority to decide who can own certain guns and who can't, and the power to arbitrarily ban them from law-abiding people, without even bothering to see if his new bans would affect criminals who break laws.
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Originally Posted by glass_of_merlot
OP,
I'm just trying to understand what good a ban is?
Would the mass shootings stop if we banned these type of weapons?
We banned cocaine, heroin, meth, etc. Look how well those bans worked.
So that means an M1 Garand or Mauser K98 is also an “assault weapon”?
Guess my ol Grandpa's 740 is an assault weapon. Well, it did kill quite a few deer.
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