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CreekDog

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10. Where's MIRT? 14 posts and defending an AR-15? Bye bye LOL

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Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:44 AM

Oct 2018

Nobody said to curl up in a ball and die. Just pointing out the reality that if a mass shooter has an AR-15, once they start shooting, you are not going to be able to stop them from killing multiple people even if you're armed, certainly not without risking killing other people in the process.

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Problem with the AR-15, is that even with another AR-15 in defense, you still can't win [View all] CreekDog Oct 2018 OP

The local police.... mbusby Oct 2018 #1

VERY illegal liberaltrucker Oct 2018 #2

I used to have a 12 gauge 870 with the slug barrel and rifle sights. rzemanfl Oct 2018 #26

Why would the police advise people to get a gun that could land them in prison for many years? Kaleva Oct 2018 #3

Thats absurd Cosmocat Oct 2018 #7

Where did you get TWICE? Drahthaardogs Oct 2018 #19

my brother-in-law has a crazy shotgun with a 20 round drum Amishman Oct 2018 #24

It's generally a piece of shit. Cheaply made, inaccurate, Drahthaardogs Oct 2018 #27

Birdshot, maybe Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #21

That guy in Crimea just killed 19 people with a shotgun inwiththenew Oct 2018 #25

No worrying about your aim means you probably hit a lot of innocent people. n/t pnwmom Oct 2018 #13

A shotgun's spread doesn't work like that NickB79 Oct 2018 #20

Right on the money. ManiacJoe Oct 2018 #22

So the police should not carry guns either. Right? (nt) MarvinGardens Oct 2018 #4

So you want everyone armed edhopper Oct 2018 #5

didn't say that, i said the guns don't do much good if someone is using an AR-15 CreekDog Oct 2018 #9

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Where's MIRT? 14 posts and defending an AR-15? Bye bye LOL CreekDog Oct 2018 #10

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Yes, I'm saying it's too late to avoid mass casualties whether responders have AR-15's or not CreekDog Oct 2018 #17

A much better strategy is to live in a country with strong gun laws, pnwmom Oct 2018 #14

Four "good guys with guns" are currently in the hospital with wounds from the AR-15 terrorist OhioBlue Oct 2018 #8

The offender always has the "element of surprise" hexola Oct 2018 #15

The solution is obvious NewJeffCT Oct 2018 #16

I am owed beer and travel money and a M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #29

An AR-15 is not a good home defense weapon, that is true. Or hunting. Or even mass shooting really. Odoreida Oct 2018 #18

The problem with a good guy with an AR-15 LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #23

How many people have to die looking down the barrel of this wmd? spanone Oct 2018 #28