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Gun Control & RKBA

TexasDem69

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5. The article states that more than half of mass shootings

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Mon Oct 23, 2023, 09:26 PM

Oct 2023

Involve handguns. There nothing wrong with an individual owining semiautomatic rifles. There’s millions and millions in circulation, and you point to a few hundred incidents over 50 years.

But if there are the votes to ban them, and the Supreme Court agrees, then have at it.

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Mass public shootings today are more frequent and deadlier. [View all] AndyS Oct 2023 OP

As Lawrence O'Donnell says, "The NRA makes sure our mass murderers are the best equipped on the planet." GreenWave Oct 2023 #1

If you need 30 rounds to kill a deer, multigraincracker Oct 2023 #2

When you find the words "deer hunting" in the 2d Amendment, let me know. nt yagotme Oct 2023 #6

I always point the words multigraincracker Oct 2023 #9

Most of my firearms are well regulated. yagotme Oct 2023 #11

Well, Shays Rebellion must not have multigraincracker Oct 2023 #12

You mean the Articles of Confederation? yagotme Oct 2023 #13

So the Federal Gov can put down multigraincracker Oct 2023 #14

WHERE did I ask for sympathy? yagotme Oct 2023 #16

Then we might agree on psychological multigraincracker Oct 2023 #17

How about tightening up the current law? yagotme Oct 2023 #18

I feel sick to my stomach. WhiteTara Oct 2023 #3

Proud to be your fifth recommendation for the Greatest Page! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #4

The article states that more than half of mass shootings TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #5

Sure about that??? yagotme Oct 2023 #7

THE MOST LETHAL EVER period. All caps in bold too for emphasis, no doubt. SYFROYH Oct 2023 #8

Placed side by side the "tommy gun" you mention AndyS Oct 2023 #10

Wow, those old time military muzzleloaders should be outlawed, too. yagotme Oct 2023 #15

Careful. Harold Shea Oct 2023 #19

Won't be the first time, probably not the last... yagotme Nov 2023 #20