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Gun Control & RKBA

Squinch

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4. Yes. They tried it in Australia, and look where that got them. We should just give up.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:07 PM

Feb 2018

It's too hard, and the next couple dozen people slaughtered and the couple dozen after that and the couple dozen after that are just not worth the effort.

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IMHO, it would be darn near impossible to completely ban the AR-15 [View all] Kaleva Feb 2018 OP

Then we just get to shrug our shoulders PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2018 #1

Which of those would be safe to fire into a room full of six year olds? nt Atticus Feb 2018 #2

According to some people, the ones not "assault weapons". krispos42 Feb 2018 #5

All of them, why. yagotme Mar 2018 #16

You obviously have WAY too much time on your hands. nt Atticus Mar 2018 #17

I'm here, aren' I??? yagotme Mar 2018 #18

"IMHO, it would be darn near impossible to completely ban the AR-15" Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #3

Yes. They tried it in Australia, and look where that got them. We should just give up. Squinch Feb 2018 #4

Let's look at what it got them. krispos42 Feb 2018 #6

I'm not sure why you are giving me those statistics. You know my post was sarcastic, right? Squinch Feb 2018 #12

Are we going to apply the 'dozens of lives' standard equally to all human-death related issues? AtheistCrusader Mar 2018 #19

I am pretty sure that the restrictions GaryCnf Feb 2018 #7

I'm an advocate of the 2nd Amendment leanforward Feb 2018 #8

The AR generally uses gejohnston Feb 2018 #9

How does this sound?: "I'm an advocate of the 1st Amendment" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2018 #11

A "pump action AR15" flotsam Feb 2018 #10

Did I say it was? Kaleva Feb 2018 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Mar 2018 #14

There are bolt action rifles made on the AR platform, yagotme Mar 2018 #15