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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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2. Pistols are the machismo extension of choice, but

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Fri May 12, 2017, 06:22 PM

May 2017

There's a reason the military prefers long guns. Not only are they more accurate but much more powerful as well. An AK47 firing the standard NATO 7.62 round can punch through BOTH car doors of a police cruiser. The AR15s lighter 5.56 only one door.

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A Chicago Neighborhood Faces a New Fear: Assault-Style Rifles [View all] billh58 May 2017 OP

I guess we could ask white wing gun nuts to give up their "assualt" rifles for humanity. Hoyt May 2017 #1

Pistols are the machismo extension of choice, but flamin lib May 2017 #2

spillover crime jimmy the one May 2017 #3

True, and to take that billh58 May 2017 #4