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In reply to the discussion: Gun Used in Texas Shooting Was Illegally Manufactured and Sold: REPORT [View all]B Stieg
(2,410 posts)9. In more ways than one...
Last edited Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:39 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/did-the-assault-weapons-b_b_9740352But while the stats are the stats and definitions are just starting points, the nature of mass shootings was very different as a result of the ban.
"One thing is clear: Assault weapons like those once restricted by the ban were used in the most memorable events that have defined the current era of random massacre, including at Sandy Hook in 2012, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in 2018 and this month in Texas and Ohio.
They are the emblem of the nation's soul sickness over these tragedies."
If you arguing this right-wing talking point, why are you here? (looks Like he left UCAL professor)
New "stats" btw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americans-of-both-parties-overwhelmingly-support-red-flag-laws-expanded-gun-background-checks-washington-post-abc-news-poll-finds/2019/09/08/97208916-ca75-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html
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But the NRA insists the Founding Fathers were talking about Semi-Automatic weapons...
ProudMNDemocrat
Sep 2019
#4
Gun manufacturers continued to make 100's of thousands of semi-auto rifles like the AR-15.
B Stieg
Sep 2019
#25
Who cares? PEOPLE are INCREASINGLY dying from all kinds of guns, some more than others...
B Stieg
Sep 2019
#50
I won't poison my YouTube looking for gun videos, but here's a video to illustrate.
sir pball
Sep 2019
#55
Their selfish intention to indulge themselves always supersedes everything else.
Judi Lynn
Sep 2019
#8
Oh, so a tiny sample population subject to your own bias. Got it. As for your semantic parlor...
Marengo
Sep 2019
#82
Its sounds nice, but its unrealistic. There are 300 million of them. Theyre NOT going anywhere.
oldsoftie
Sep 2019
#16
Agreed, and what of the vast number of racist cops DU believes to exist? How can they be trusted...
Marengo
Sep 2019
#83
Royalism is alive and well in gun control circles: "Only the good people should have guns"
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2019
#79
Well, I guess we ought to give up and wait for the next available psycho to gun us down.
Paladin
Sep 2019
#18