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benEzra

(12,148 posts)
67. And yet every year, ten or fifteen times as many people are murdered with revolvers
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 02:52 PM
Jan 2017

as with all rifles put together, even though modern-looking rifles are more popular than revolvers among gun enthusiasts.

And before the gun-control lobby discovered how eeeee-villlll protruding rifle handgrips are, they were all about outlawing revolvers while protecting rifles (including AR-15's), because "rifles and shotguns aren't the problem; they aren't concealable". --Pete Shields, former head of Handgun Control, Inc., later the Brady Campaign.

Methinks there is a disconnect in your logic.

You would have to ask the NRA sarisataka Dec 2016 #1
Are they opposed? ileus Dec 2016 #2
I have so many of the gungeoneers on ignore I have log out to see them. flamin lib Dec 2016 #3
That is a decent article. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #17
What makes you think that someone, who can't accept a right... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #18
Well, you know. One more hit with Ben's 2x4 might do the trick. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #21
You are placing people on "Ignore" ... Straw Man Jan 2017 #24
Heh. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #28
See post #20 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #30
Many gun people have you on "ignore". oneshooter Jan 2017 #43
Don't recall saying that, maybe I did but don't recall. flamin lib Jan 2017 #44
I have a different Question: Why is it OK to kill people with Toy Guns if we have RKBA? mackdaddy Dec 2016 #4
No, I'm asking the right question. Thanks for playing. flamin lib Dec 2016 #5
..... justhanginon Dec 2016 #6
Those folks need a toy NRA discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #7
Because most of the replica firearms being discussed here aren't toys. benEzra Dec 2016 #8
At least 13 were replicas and 16 were airsoft. flamin lib Dec 2016 #9
The article *you* quoted says "air guns", not just toys. benEzra Dec 2016 #10
No, it is NOT the case. flamin lib Dec 2016 #11
Your own article puts BB and pellet weapons at the top of the list. benEzra Dec 2016 #12
I ask one more time flamin lib Dec 2016 #13
Pellet guns are not toys - they are real weapons hack89 Jan 2017 #23
He doesn't want to listen citood Jan 2017 #51
They don't. That's *ALREADY* the law, since 1988 (15 U.S. Code 5001). benEzra Jan 2017 #34
Soooooo flamin lib Jan 2017 #35
They are marketed and sold as theatrical props hack89 Jan 2017 #38
which begs the question gejohnston Jan 2017 #39
Those aren't toys. Your link has law-enforcement training replicas, and benEzra Jan 2017 #60
Tamir Rice. nt flamin lib Jan 2017 #61
Who was holding an Airsoft that someone else had painted to look real. benEzra Jan 2017 #62
John Crawford nt flamin lib Jan 2017 #63
Another fail- Crawford was handling a pellet/BB gun, which was an actual weapon- not a toy friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #64
Who was shot when a shopper who was either racist, delusional, or anti-gun trolled 911... benEzra Jan 2017 #66
Why haven't I heard from our resident NRA expert and supporter/promoter, Kang Colby. flamin lib Dec 2016 #14
The devil is in the details. Straw Man Jan 2017 #22
Because it's already federal law. Kang Colby Jan 2017 #26
Thanks for the reply and glad you had a wonderful weekend. flamin lib Jan 2017 #36
You make some fair points. Kang Colby Jan 2017 #37
So it's the victim's fault? These are all crimes worthy of capital punishment? flamin lib Jan 2017 #40
Sooo, the civilian weapons yagotme Jan 2017 #41
Lethality is more than ballistics. flamin lib Jan 2017 #42
My post was in reply to yours, yagotme Jan 2017 #45
Can you shoot that fast? flamin lib Jan 2017 #46
No, not quite, but if someone wanted to practice, yagotme Jan 2017 #47
One more time, flamin lib Jan 2017 #48
And you claim I throw insults? n/t oneshooter Jan 2017 #49
How many hours do I get, like in FL? yagotme Jan 2017 #50
It is idiocy to maintain a man with a revolver can wound or kill 100 people flamin lib Jan 2017 #52
Are you always this condescending yagotme Jan 2017 #53
This is the same "expert" who claimed the first production run of Mosin Nagant rifles... Marengo Jan 2017 #54
I know, have been watching his modus operandi yagotme Jan 2017 #55
Naa, I save condescension for the guy who flamin lib Jan 2017 #56
Oh my. yagotme Jan 2017 #57
"Silencers...really don't silence and only serve the purpose of making your gun longer" friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #65
So, why all the expense of putting something yagotme Jan 2017 #68
And yet every year, ten or fifteen times as many people are murdered with revolvers benEzra Jan 2017 #67
The best reason that I can think of is... ToolMaker Dec 2016 #15
I'll answer your question if you answer mine discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #16
this reply is for discntnt_irny_srcsm because DU won't let me post replyies to flamin lib Jan 2017 #19
Cool & Happy New Year discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #20
Beginning to sound like a very proper British comedy. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #29
Apparently I was temporarily unigored via manual override... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #58
Confusion to the enemy! Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #59
Only thing I come up with is it's a pushback SQUEE Jan 2017 #25
Well, reading both the CBS & the mammoth WaPo screed, little about the NRA.. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #27
If I recall, in IL, yagotme Jan 2017 #31
That doesn't surprise me. I attempted a discussion with a gun prohibitionist Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #32
Bayonets, pikes, swords yagotme Jan 2017 #33
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