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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:05 AM Original message |
Renew the ban on assault weapons now! |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Hell no. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. agree, renew the ban |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. No way. Not right now, anyway. Besides, many gun owners voted for Obama. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why assault weapons? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. First of all... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. I have not known a Smith & Wesson or a Glock handguns |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Ah, emotion-based sidetrack attempt. n/t |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. They're the most popular centerfire target rifles in America, for one thing. |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. You don't really understand the AWB, do you? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Enlighten me |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It's the Assault Weapons Ban |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thank you. Forgot how quickly we like to "shorten" terms |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sorry, I guess the shortening was habit |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You are exactly right. Gun laws are often written with no teeth whatsoever |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Problem is.. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Some 12 years go, a gang robbed a bank in LA |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Those were illegal NFA Title 2 restricted machineguns, NOT non-automatic "assault weapons." |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 03:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. And no cops died. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Those were unregistered machine guns, not "assault weapons" |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. It occurs to me |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. That's OK, as long as we continued the discussion. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. What's an "assault weapon," anyway? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Definitions |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. In short |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Bingo |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Bringing even a single shot rifle to a presidential meeting is |
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webb (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. one click |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. And in 5 seconds on Google |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. They can kill nearly as quickly in semi-auto as auto |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Or how to make your own full-auto machine pistol |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Title 1 civilian guns are *REQUIRED* to be difficult to convert to full auto |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. No - that was one of the worse laws Dems Passed |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. I recall the WH site saying that they were going to pursue the ban. nt |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. They changed their mind after realizing that banning the most popular guns in America |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, let's outlaw specific combinations of external cosmetic features!!!! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. The founders were probably thinking muskets - let's go back to that. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Okay, and hand-cranked printing presses. Let's do it n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Printing presses aren't lethal. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Tell that to the victims of Nazism. Regardless, they were what the Founders intended n/t |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. There's no amendment about printing presses, so the point is moot... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. First Amendment |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I have my copy right here - no mention of the "printing press"... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And no mention of "guns" in the 2nd, just "arms". |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Arms ARE guns - the press refers to an institution... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Arms can be guns |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. So what? You're still crazy as shit if you think the founders meant for this to happen. nt |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I don't think they meant for Rush Limbaugh to happen either. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Good point about Limbaugh - I do think that trying to whip people into violence... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The envelope is always being pushed |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. imo the overarching problem in America is... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. We're a gun-owning country, the police are ALWAYS outgunned |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Police are the safest now that they've been in the last 53 years. |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's exactly what the freepers want you to say n/t |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Republicans would love the Democrats to pass a new AWB |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:19 PM Original message |
No gun control. Angry questions of gun totters, YES. First amendment right! |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. You want an assault rifle? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why, the AWB would in no way have stopped this... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Not pistol grips, just bayonets (a rifle could still have one eeee-villl feature). |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. Please define "Assault Weapons" |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. See post 14, above (nt) |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. No ban. Absolutely not, no way in hell. That would be a golden gift to the right. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. No. Outlawing the most popular civilian rifles in the United States would be stupid |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. Just so that it is clear, the ban quietly expired in 2004, the Obama White House had little |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
64. The AWB deception failed to reduce violent crime, and resulted in MORE scary-looking firearms |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-19-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
66. I would like to have all guns banned but renewing the AWB is political malpractice |
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