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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:26 AM Original message |
How many shots did the Ft. Hood killer get off before he was subdued? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Disagree. Semi-auto handgun laws do not prevent people from creating mayhem. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. We severely tightened the controls on Tommy Guns in the 30s.... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
52. IMO, the NFA is likely unconsitutional - no way they'd try adding to it. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. You just *now* discovered that people can reload their weapons? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. At close range, one bullet can somtimes injured two people nt |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. He must have had several clips full of Oswald Specials.... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Hmmmmmmm, I see... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Fyi a 9mm FMJ round |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. Richocets and there may have been some 'friendly fire' victims. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Post your evidence of friendly fire |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
51. I finally found the reference to friendly fire |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. To have never been in combat, he certainly could handle guns???? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. My Dad could shoot really well after being in the military for 3 years and was |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. He was a MD shrink who had never been assigned over seas, etc. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. He was ROTC at VT.. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. With all those soldiers around, and all of them with access to weapons, |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You are aware that the only people on military bases allowed to carry guns |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. According to some of the reports I've seen the soldier who returned fire |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
57. Post police... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Did they have access to weapons? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Which makes you wonder how it was that this guy could walk around the base |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Declaring something a gun-free zone does not make it so |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. So you TRUST that the person with a gun will do the right thing, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. That almost made sense |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. No, but they sure make access to guns easier for a lot of people. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. Perhaps you shouldn't have access to a computer. Can we be sure you won't do wrong? |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. No guns within a 1000 yards of Military bases |
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Spoonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. It's a start? |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. A mile ? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Katya was demonstrating the fine art of Sarr-Kazem... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Sounds a little like Socratic irony. Just a little (nt) |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. The vast majority of people that commit crimes with guns are legally barred from possession of guns |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Don't bring any real facts into this shit stain of a discussion, dave, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Deleted message |
cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. No, I really don't.....But there must be an internet law that |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. You must get very nervous while visiting local doughnut emporiums, |
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The_thrill_is_gone (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Do you think he walked around with handguns in hand |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. You think he was wearing them like a cowboy? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I don't know what he did with them. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Handguns are very easy to conceal, especially under baggy BDUs. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Probably concealed under a jacket. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. He probably had the handguns concealed under his BDU's |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. Sounds like you're assuming they weren't concealed. n/t |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No shit. |
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The_thrill_is_gone (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The soldiers did NON have access to weapons |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Sure as hell could be mistaken for a battlefield now. n/t |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. They just had to go to the armory and sign them out. You fail miserably. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Only military police and soldiers who are on guard duty have access to weapons |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Perhaps semi-automatic handgun laws need to reexamined"? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Because you never know when 30 thugs are going to jump you. n/t |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You're right... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Or zombies |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. Actually, automatic weapons aren't that good at killing people |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. I guess no one remembers the Virginia Tech shooter |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. Some of the victims were hit by friendly fire |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. Many FEWER than the Virginia Tech shooter who killed over 30 innocents. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. How many did Cho fire? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. Agreed. There needs to be limits on the amount one gun can carry. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. We tried that in 1994 - 2004. It didn't do any good. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The Virginia Tech madman had 19 magazines on him. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Exactly - though there are some pistol magazines that hold 30 |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Pick a number... |
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Gumbo (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. Actually |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. Yeah, 'cause bad guys won't think to reload, or carry more than one gun. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
40. No my myopic friend. The Question IS how many LAWS did he break |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. How many machine guns are used by mass murders these days? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. How much coke will be snorted in midtown tonight? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. No, it wasn't commonplace.. it was sensational.. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
71. Murder by machine guns "common?" What data do you have? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
65. You don't know much about guns, or desperate situations, do you? n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
68. Over 100 rounds (just on CNN) |
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72. I've got a bet for you... |
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