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Gun Control & RKBA

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1. There is no evidence that the AWB is even partially resposible for falling crime rates in the 90's

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 03:08 PM

Jun 2016

Those guns are an overall very small share of actual crime rates.

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You know you're in trouble when even Salon destroys the "assault weapon" myth [View all] pablo_marmol Jun 2016 OP

No one serious says it will stop mass shootings... CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #2

the the words of Sam Harris gejohnston Jun 2016 #3

no it doesn't gejohnston Jun 2016 #5

Maybe not terrorists, but average nutbars, yes. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #6

I hate to keep bringing this up, but ... Straw Man Jun 2016 #17

Damn that pesky... Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #7

Aw, hell no DonP Jun 2016 #8

I quit being surprised by Controller hypocrisy a long time ago. pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #13

Did you even BOTHER to read the article? Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #10

It doesn't solve anything at all Matrosov Jun 2016 #11

there is a technical definition for assault rifle gejohnston Jun 2016 #14

Is a mass murder of mass murderers still a mass murderer? Matrosov Jun 2016 #15

nonsense, that is Cuban government propaganda gejohnston Jun 2016 #16

You've been sold a lie. Read and learn. pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #12

You just proved Salon's point. benEzra Jun 2016 #18

Ouch, or should I say bazinga Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #9