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Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 25, 2022, 5:08 PM

Do you see a trend?
https://twitter.com/adamcbest/status/1529296898317860864?s=10&t=n4Ga9iysuTQNKzoBzlBmWA

Maybe we can start regulation just in that.

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Lol


May 25, 2022, 5:17 PM

You left off the other thousands done with handguns.


But dont let that clog your narrative.

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Re: Lol


May 25, 2022, 5:19 PM

So you are suggesting that all firearms be banned? Seems a bit extreme.

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Reading comprehension not your strength?


May 25, 2022, 5:24 PM

Its ok.

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Just make murder illegal. Problem solved!***


May 26, 2022, 12:10 AM



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No.


May 25, 2022, 5:25 PM [ in reply to Re: Lol ]

But it is designed to be a killing machine short of being fully automatic. I’ve shot them before. Of course they’re fun. But I would give up the pride and right and fun in shooting or owning one if it means lowering the number killed in just one mass shooting attempt. I have my concealed carry license and own guns. It just made me think. Don’t accuse me of saying what I didn’t say.

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Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines


May 25, 2022, 5:26 PM

They weren't designed to heat up food genius.

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Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines


May 25, 2022, 7:00 PM

Your name calling of people who were talking about a serious issue just shows what a fool you are. I own a single barrel shotgun, you may be able to kill one person with it, but you cannot conduct a mass shooting. I also owns an antique 22 caliber revolver, which You most certainly cannot conduct mass killing with. What he is trying to say, is AR 15s are the perfect gun for mass shootings, and they need to be banned. If you don’t understand this, then you just need to go ahead and join the Russian army. You clowns are so worried that some imaginary bogeyman is gonna come and take your precious guns that you can’t even think straight.

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ah what?


May 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

your name calling of people who were talking about a serious issue just shows what a fool you are


You clowns

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Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines


May 26, 2022, 3:12 AM [ in reply to Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines ]

Oh, so ban everything but powder guns-seems like the direction you were heading-

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Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines


May 26, 2022, 10:49 AM [ in reply to Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines ]

What will the ban really do? Thousands of felons have illegal guns. Doesn’t stop them. People will still get them off the black market or wherever. Just takes them away from people who follow the law.

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Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines


May 26, 2022, 6:26 PM [ in reply to Re: Im fairly certain all firearms are killing machines ]

They need to be banned because they are a weapon of resistance against an errant government. The reason for the same weapon is that the same manipulators choose it to trigger stronger regulation, to limit resistance to their goal. It will then be all automatics. Hillary is for regulation. They are getting exactly what they want. Lambs to the slaughter.

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Re: No.


May 25, 2022, 5:29 PM [ in reply to No. ]

Really my pistol holds the same amount of rounds as my AR does, weird they’ve never hurt anyone. Can keep blaming an object instead of how broke our society is and the hate driven into people everyday by media, social media, and politicians. You can remove any gun you want to evil will still run rampant because our society has become a manufacturer of creating hate filled people

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Re: No.


May 25, 2022, 5:50 PM [ in reply to No. ]

No. It's not. In most states it's not even legal to hunt deer with it, because the bullet is so small and does so little damage that you are unlikely to actually kill the deer with it.

A gun is most definitely not designed as a killing machine, it's designed to fire a bullet at what the operator aims at.

Americans fire more than 8 billion rounds of ammunition each year. A range session can easily chew through 200 rounds fired at nothing more than pieces of paper. This is BY FAR the most common use of guns: putting holes in paper.

Some 45,000 of those rounds kill people, about 60% of those are suicides, and the vast majority of the others are crime-related (which is to say, involved in some other crime at the time the gun is fired).

0.0005625 % of rounds fired from guns kill people. Doesn't sound like things that were designed to be killing machines. There are somewhere around 484M guns in the US, so about 0.0092 % of guns in the US kill people each year. With 284M cars in the US, about 0.0123 % of cars kill someone each year.

Freaks who are intent on killing people will certainly use the easiest weapon they have access to, so guns certainly are used by evil people. But so are cars, pressure cookers, knives. More people are beaten to death each year by someone using their bare hands than are killed by rifles.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/


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Not just.223 - they come in.308 as well


May 25, 2022, 6:53 PM

Common caliber for deer hunting- also effective against wild hogs- the reason I finally got one, pigs are becoming a big problem

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Re: Not just.223 - they come in.308 as well


May 25, 2022, 6:58 PM

Sure, chambered bigger is one thing. Most AR-15s are .223, though.

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Re: Not just.223 - they come in.308 as well


May 25, 2022, 8:22 PM

Please know and understand what you are talking about. The majority of semi-auto AR (Armalite Rifle) are chambered for .556x45 NATO. Some rifles chambered strictly foe .223 can not stand the higher pressure loads of the military .556 and like wise some rifles chambered strictly for the Remington .223 the .556 will not seat properly in the .223 chamber. So while most rifles will handle both rounds one must be sure that your particular rifle will handle both or you will most probably have a lot of receiver parts making contact with your face the next time you go to the range.

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...and then the .223 Wylde which is designed for both.***


May 26, 2022, 3:23 AM



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Re: Not just.223 - they come in.308 as well


May 26, 2022, 8:37 AM [ in reply to Re: Not just.223 - they come in.308 as well ]

You are 100% correct on the 5.56 vs .223 as far as chambering goes. People need to know the difference when they're using one so that they don't get a face-full of receiver parts. Same for .357 and 38 special, but you can't stuff a .357 into a 38, I suppose. Or any +P ammo.

Still, a lot of AR-15s are .223, and not 5.56/.223. I can't find a breakdown of sales number for .223 vs 5.56, but the .223 being somewhat cheaper my guess was people bought more of them.

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Re: No.


May 25, 2022, 7:56 PM [ in reply to Re: No. ]

you’re stats are leaving out the fact that millions and millions of rounds are shot at targets to train the user to be efficient in uses the weapon. I bet the percentage of rounds actually fired at people; your number goes way up.

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Re: No.


May 26, 2022, 11:36 AM [ in reply to Re: No. ]

mpercy® said:

No. It's not. In most states it's not even legal to hunt deer with it, because the bullet is so small and does so little damage that you are unlikely to actually kill the deer with it.

A gun is most definitely not designed as a killing machine, it's designed to fire a bullet at what the operator aims at.

Americans fire more than 8 billion rounds of ammunition each year. A range session can easily chew through 200 rounds fired at nothing more than pieces of paper. This is BY FAR the most common use of guns: putting holes in paper.

Some 45,000 of those rounds kill people, about 60% of those are suicides, and the vast majority of the others are crime-related (which is to say, involved in some other crime at the time the gun is fired).

0.0005625 % of rounds fired from guns kill people. Doesn't sound like things that were designed to be killing machines. There are somewhere around 484M guns in the US, so about 0.0092 % of guns in the US kill people each year. With 284M cars in the US, about 0.0123 % of cars kill someone each year.

Freaks who are intent on killing people will certainly use the easiest weapon they have access to, so guns certainly are used by evil people. But so are cars, pressure cookers, knives. More people are beaten to death each year by someone using their bare hands than are killed by rifles.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/195325/murder-victims-in-the-us-by-weapon-used/






I absolutely do not agree with the knee jerk discussion of banning AR-15's. I own one in .223 and the only thing it's killed is some prairie dogs out West and paper.

However, I disagree with your assertion that a .223 bullet does so little damage that you're unlikely to kill a deer. I would agree that a deer shot with a .223 round may well run off and not be recovered or that even a human shot with a .223 may well not be immediately incapacitated.

However, a .223 round moves at such high velocity that it creates tremendous internal damage and a large exit wound. I've personally seen what it can do in a Combat Casualty Care Course with anesthetized goats shot with this round.

You are correct that a .223 is not a good deer hunting round as it doesn't "anchor" a deer, while .308 in an AR 15 is an excellent deer hunting round, but a human being shot center mass with a .223 is in a world of hurt. It's no sissy.

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.223’s aren’t designed to kill.


May 25, 2022, 7:00 PM [ in reply to No. ]

Pretty common knowledge, in fact, they are built to maim. Less effective than most hunting rifles.

Does everyone need an AR? No, but the platform isn’t the issue as it pertains to mass shootings. Should they be harder to get because of the capacity? Probably, but then you’re really looking at a California compliance type scenario for affixed magazines and or 10 round limiters.

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That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard...pretty common

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May 26, 2022, 2:01 PM

knowledge my ###...Our military developed it, it was absolutely designed to kill, otherwise we wouldn't have deployed with them

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Re: No.


May 25, 2022, 7:52 PM [ in reply to No. ]

so the assault rifle is designed to kill but handguns and shotguns, aren’t?

I have a Remington 1100 with extended mag. I can shoot more lead in one single 3in 000 cooper plated buckshot shell than a 15 round AR magazine of .556. And my remington can hold 11 of those bad boys. NOW THAT is a weapon designed to kill.

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Re: No.


May 25, 2022, 7:56 PM [ in reply to No. ]

You can also get a semi-auto .223 hunting rifle and just put a bigger mag in it. It will be the same gun. Once the mass shooters start using those, they will ban hunting rifles. It’s a slippery slope.

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I’m sure his comment is relegated to


May 25, 2022, 6:52 PM [ in reply to Re: Lol ]

Semi-auto only ??

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That you?


May 25, 2022, 6:54 PM [ in reply to Lol ]

Ted?

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Won't happen. If you want to be flabbergasted, just start


May 25, 2022, 5:17 PM

asking people you know and interact with on a daily basis if they happen to own one of those. The answers you get if they are truthful will cause your jaw to drop. They are a whole lot more prevalent than you think. Not saying it's right or wrong, but it is for sure real.

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Actually I do.


May 25, 2022, 5:22 PM

I see you pulling crap statistics from a hard-leftist, attention-seeking cake-boy on Twitter - reposting it - and calling it interesting.

Next - do handgun murders among inner city minorities, Susan.

D0uche-bag.

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Wow!! I never said it was wrong for you to own one…


May 25, 2022, 5:28 PM

I was referring to better regulation on them. Having one is a huge responsibility. I thought about getting one myself- and yes I am a “minority” who owns guns of my own.

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Re: Wow!! I never said it was wrong for you to own one…


May 25, 2022, 7:07 PM

How is it a different responsibility than any other firearm? It's not like a pit bull or something that is going to escape and run wild.

I'm often amused by the whole "assault rifle" panic.

Even people who hate guns will not be overly frightened of a "traditional" Ruger 10/22.

But if I buy $100 worth of plastic, I can convert one into an "assault rifle".

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.blTfG9c3RkyXzpAKg2rXWwHaDQ%26pid%3DApi&f=1

It's the exact same rifle, takes the exact same magazine, fires the exact same rounds, at exactly the same rate of fire. But it's black and scary! It looks like an army gun! Panic!

Focused on cosmetics that do not affect the lethality one iota.

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Re: Wow!! I never said it was wrong for you to own one…


May 26, 2022, 8:39 AM [ in reply to Wow!! I never said it was wrong for you to own one… ]

In 2019, the number of homicides in the U.S. from guns resulted in 14,414 deaths. During 2019, the number of deaths from auto accidents were 36,096.

A gun is a metal and plastic object that requires an individual to make it work. I have a pistol within arms length that has a full clip and one in the chamber in case I need it quickly. Between family and guests, 100s of times many have unknowingly passed by the business end of pistol and not a single person has been shot. It doesn't work that way. Someone has to make the decision to pull the trigger. The trigger won't pull itself.

An automobile is a metal and plastic object and there are 3 parked outside my house. Between family and guests coming and going, not once have they killed anyone in an accident while parked. Someone operating them has to make a bad decision or their is some kind of mecahnical failure for a vehicle to be deadly in a driving accident.

More regulations on guns won't stop the idiots that decide to kill. If they can't get guns, they'll probably just drive an auto threw a wall and and slash the survivors with a machete.

A life for a life - if a person is guilty of MURDER, they die too.

I know ...

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Are people coming from the inner cities and mowing down classrooms


May 25, 2022, 5:56 PM [ in reply to Actually I do. ]

with handguns?

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Re: Are people coming from the inner cities and mowing down classrooms


May 25, 2022, 7:10 PM

No, they drive right up to your house and let loose.

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dang dude***


May 25, 2022, 6:38 PM [ in reply to Actually I do. ]



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Re: Actually I do.


May 25, 2022, 8:51 PM [ in reply to Actually I do. ]

You are so wrong on this. I am a very conservative person, but I see how far off we are on guns in the US. Did you know that we have 10 times the shooting deaths as Europe for the same population? The ONLY difference is that we let pretty much anybody buy a gun. We could save 12,000 American lives per year with gun laws to limit who gets a gun.
If you don’t know, look up how. Dylann Roff.

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Re: Actually I do.


May 26, 2022, 9:45 AM [ in reply to Actually I do. ]

So you're saying ban handguns and ar-15s?

Nice

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Re: yeah I've had about enough of the


May 25, 2022, 5:27 PM

Tacticool crowd thinking banning that stupid rifle is somehow an infringement on their rights. These same gun nuts think that squirrel gun is going to defend America from tyranny and it won't. It'll just keep being used to murder children.

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Homicide by rifle is about 2.5%


May 25, 2022, 5:28 PM

By handgun is about 45%. But by all means keep pushing the nonsense.

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Handgun stats in mass shooting? Got that number?


May 25, 2022, 5:29 PM

That would be interesting.

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Yes


May 25, 2022, 5:35 PM

1982-present

Handgun-98 incidents
Rifle-50 incidents
Shotgun-26 incidents

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AR's count as rifles in that stat?***


May 25, 2022, 6:39 PM



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Yes


May 25, 2022, 5:35 PM [ in reply to Handgun stats in mass shooting? Got that number? ]

1982-present

Handgun-98 incidents
Rifle-50 incidents
Shotgun-26 incidents

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Unless you are “John Wicke” no way you kill as many as with AR15


May 25, 2022, 5:31 PM [ in reply to Homicide by rifle is about 2.5% ]

nm

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possible


May 25, 2022, 6:46 PM

Virginia Tech shooting was a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, comprising two attacks on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Dippydoo mcgoo, an undergraduate student at the university and a U.S. resident who was from South Korea, killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols

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That Kind of Dangerous Statisticery Applied to Violence


May 25, 2022, 5:56 PM

in Chicago would result in a ban of a huge part of the racial diversity of that city.

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Why can't I set up a machine gun and point it toward the street?


May 25, 2022, 5:58 PM

Just asking questions

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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 25, 2022, 6:10 PM

I can tell that you know nothing about weapons.

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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 25, 2022, 6:56 PM

Check the weapons used in Chicago, Baltimore, and L.A. H. Brown. You may want to change your narrative but I doubt it.

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That can't be right


May 26, 2022, 6:17 AM

weapons are banned in Chicago

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A coot will usually blink when hit in the head with a ball-peen hammer


Also NYC and the NYC subway***


May 26, 2022, 9:03 AM



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Re: Also NYC and the NYC subway***


May 26, 2022, 2:19 PM

NYC has one of the lowest homicide rates in the nation at 5.5%- not even top 20
1. St.Louis 65%
2. New Oeleans 56%

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Re: That can't be right


May 26, 2022, 11:10 AM [ in reply to That can't be right ]

I lived in IL and for law abiding citizens to purchase ammo or any firearm, you have to apply to the State Police and pay a fee for a background check to get a FOID (Firearm Owners ID) card. The card is only good for 5 years, then there is another fee and background check to see if anything changed. These people aren't the problems.

IL gun laws include banned guns, waiting periods and lists of those that can't own guns. The majority (if not all] of those shooting up Chicago, fall into the non-eligible to own a gun in IL due to age or felonies. So what's happening there?

https://www.findlaw.com/state/illinois-law/illinois-gun-control-laws.html


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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 25, 2022, 6:59 PM

I have some bad news for you. In a 2020 bill, Democrats Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts and Ilan Omar of Minnesota proposed legislation to cut all funding of police officers being stationed in schools due to the proposed threats African American students who couldn’t find Africa on a map may be triggered by seeing a cop in a learning safe space.

This was also backed by socialist groups AFT ( American Teachers Federation) and NEA ( National Education Assocation) along with multiple civil rights groups.

So it’s safe to say liberals aren’t only wanting to murder babies who are days from being born through abortion, now they are wanting to leave them defenseless in schools.

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Yea, it's called MKUltra


May 25, 2022, 7:05 PM

I own an AR15,, 12 Guage shotgun and multiple handguns. Never fired unless at the range.

People are inherently good for the most part.. Look into the backgrounds of most mass shooters . Most are highly intelligent and appear drugged in court.. There is a narrative

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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 25, 2022, 7:12 PM

The trend has nothing to do with an AR. The “trend” is a society of people that have been “cultured” to speak, think and act a certain way while attacking the values and morality of right and wrong in the process. Most people know the difference between the two but yet they still allow their judgement to be influenced by those who don’t think we are capable of making those decisions on our own behalf. Unfortunately, anytime we start out with one regulation it always leads to another regulation which would also be a trend. It won’t stop at one. Address the correct problem and trend in a more favorable direction.

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You idiots wanting to ban AR's have ZERO understanding


May 25, 2022, 7:16 PM

Of the 2nd Amendment.

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Re: You idiots wanting to ban AR's have ZERO understanding


May 25, 2022, 8:03 PM

I don't care either way if certain weapons are banned or not. That said, the 2nd amendment doesn't state that one has the right to own any weapon they want.


It just speaks of well regulated militias and people have the right to bear arms.

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Re: You idiots wanting to ban AR's have ZERO understanding


May 25, 2022, 8:59 PM

The right to murder children? Don’t think that’s what they had in mind.

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Re: You idiots wanting to ban AR's have ZERO understanding


May 25, 2022, 8:57 PM [ in reply to You idiots wanting to ban AR's have ZERO understanding ]

Well, you have zero knowledge of what our founding fathers fought for: freedom from government. Do you really think that they thought it would be OK to kill children in our schools? Think about it before you respond.

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I am not saying that there is not a problem in our cities


May 25, 2022, 7:25 PM

With handgun violence among urban, minority youth killing one another. That problem does not negate others. Violence does not have a race or zip code. Irresponsible gun use does not have a ethnicity tied to it or a zip code. We have a broad and varied problem. I am NOT saying the solution is taking our right to carry and purchase arms away!! But SOMETHING is wrong and unfortunately mass shootings have a tie in with AR-15’s IT Appears. I am fine being wrong and not having the perfect solution or possibly reading data wrong. Thank you for your input, passion and insight.

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Re: I am not saying that there is not a problem in our cities


May 25, 2022, 8:29 PM

I have no problem giving up my AR-15. I don't see myself taking out a loan from my beaten down 401k to afford the ammo. However you have to ask yourselves, does taking them away solve more problems or create more? What are some alternatives? What about keeping our 40 billion dollars to ensure American kids safety. How many billions of dollars are spent censorsing your social media accounts? Could that money be used for a greater good? Seems like most of these monsters post what they are going do before they actually do it. How many articles did you read or see within the last year that mentioned civil war in America? Now you expect Americans to give their guns away because politicians refuse to protect us? Not our borders, our schools, definitely not our 401ks or bank accounts.

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Re: I am not saying that there is not a problem in our cities


May 25, 2022, 8:29 PM [ in reply to I am not saying that there is not a problem in our cities ]

I have no problem giving up my AR-15. I don't see myself taking out a loan from my beaten down 401k to afford the ammo. However you have to ask yourselves, does taking them away solve more problems or create more? What are some alternatives? What about keeping our 40 billion dollars to ensure American kids safety. How many billions of dollars are spent censorsing your social media accounts? Could that money be used for a greater good? Seems like most of these monsters post what they are going do before they actually do it. How many articles did you read or see within the last year that mentioned civil war in America? Now you expect Americans to give their guns away because politicians refuse to protect us? Not our borders, our schools, definitely not our 401ks or bank accounts.

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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 26, 2022, 9:14 AM

We banned ARs in the 90s, but there were so many loopholes to get around the ban. I wouldn't be opposed to another ban, but we would need to eliminate any possible loopholes for it to work.

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A different approach


May 26, 2022, 9:34 AM

Just from my memory, which isn’t as good as it once was, it seems like a lot of these mass shooters have purchased their guns legally. I wonder, for how many of them, was this their first legal gun purchase? This kid was only 18, so I am guessing in this case it may have been. I would like to see that statistic. Where I am going with this is, if this indeed is a high percentage, would it be a reasonable approach to do a more thorough background investigation into first time gun purchasers? Maybe a waiting period, a thorough check of their social media posts, and anything else that might show red flags. Once a person has been vetted as thoroughly as possible on the first purchase, then subsequent purchases can be handled with the current background criteria. I am a conservative, gun owner and avid hunter. But I would be fine with something like this if it would help reduce these incidents. I also understand that people intent on doing bad things are going to find a way but I believe most reasonable, law abiding people would be ok with the inconvenience on their first time purchasing a gun if it helps stop this type of thing. Just a thought.

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I don’t like guns and have never


May 26, 2022, 9:59 AM

owned a gun(I’m a woman). I don’t get the obsession with guns and the NRA crap or killing animals with them. It’s sickening really. BUT I think you should be able to own guns if you want to because of all the crazies you may need to protect yourself from. I do NOT understand why anyone other than the police or military need these kinds of assault weapons. They should be illegal however I know if someone really wants one they can find one.

I’m so sick of Congress (McConnell etc) who the NRA has in their back pocket, doing nothing to try to help slow down these crazies. It may not work much but at least TRY to do something because any laws in place now aren’t working.
They keep saying it’s the people not the guns and I agree with that for sure but how do you get these nuts help if they don’t accept it or their parents don’t get it for them? We must try something else but God forbid these people in Congress cross the NRA. Pathetic

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Should a ban/limit on civilian body armor be enacted?


May 26, 2022, 9:44 AM

What purpose does this serve? If you need body armor while hunting, then you are doing it wrong.

And hog hunting is dangerous and protection is needed. But the hogs are not going to shoot back.

If you need it for daily protection, then I suggest you move.

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Re: Interesting thing about the weaponry of shooters…


May 26, 2022, 11:15 AM

Criminals don't care about regulations and they don't follow the rules.

It's a simple concept that people have a hard the grasping. Guns don't sprout legs and arms and kill people. People kill people.

The problem isn't AR 15's, it's mentally ill people who lack any sense of morality. But, since morals are inconvenient in 2022 we just let people think and do anything they want and then become outraged when they finally go off.

Notice the same people screaming that men can have babies want MORE gun laws. That says it all. Thanks, but no.

I stopped listening to crazy people.

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What you mean men can have babies etc?


May 26, 2022, 12:38 PM

Your wording is confusing. There are some real crazy men out there. How many women can you name that have been mass murderers? I can’t think of any but there may be a few. Criminals are not deterred if there is something that are intent on doing. I get it. It’s not beyond my grasp but we can’t just not do anything and let this continue happening.

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Reading comprehension


May 26, 2022, 3:42 PM

...isn't your thing then.

It is beyond your grasp if you actually believe the problem is the gun. The gun is merely the instrument.

If you want it to stop the quickest solution is to arm teachers. Mass shootings don't take place when shooter's know they're likely to receive return-fire.

Nobody breaks into houses in my neighborhood for the same reason.

Think about it. Mass shooters show up exclusively in "Gun Free Zones". Why might that be??? Because they know everybody is unarmed! The good-guys can't shoot back. It's a turkey-shoot. "Gun Free Zones" only disarm the good-guys. Criminals, and the mentally ill don't follow the rules. They do whatever they want.

Gun Free Zones are like billboards that scream "PLEASE COME AND SHOOT US".

Here's a thought: When someone thinks that Men can have babies, or believes that adding 1+1 is racist, or that equity is the same thing as equality I propose they be locked in an insane asylum. They're clearly mentally compromised, and a danger to society at-large. Mass-shootings will become a thing of the past when we effectively deal with crazy people, instead of coddling them.

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Moreso than targeting a type of weapon at this point,


May 26, 2022, 12:05 PM

I would like to see a process requiring a background check and 7-day waiting period for purchasing one's first firearm, and the legal age to purchase a firearm should be 21, not 18. If under 21 an adult should have to sign off for them and assume liability until they reach 21. For private sellers, either adhere to the process in place or assume that same liability for the actions of the person you sold the firearm to. This doesn't take away anyone's guns, but it would serve to help people mature up enough, get their teen angst out of their system, and hold others accountable to an extent if they armed someone that has forfeited their right to bear arms through criminal activity and existing laws. Nothing will stop sick, deranged people from committing terrible acts of violence, but IMO this would curb opportunities and lessen the volume.

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Re: Moreso than targeting a type of weapon at this point,


May 26, 2022, 12:50 PM

Interesting take. A person can graduate from High School at 18 years old and join the military. During the week, said person can shoot various automatic and semiautomatic weapons in preparation for defense of our Nation. Yet, when leaving the barracks for the weekend, they can't legally purchase a firearm for self defense since they're not 21. OK.

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Re: Moreso than targeting a type of weapon at this point,


May 26, 2022, 2:05 PM

First off, while on base that teenager is being supervised by a military hierarchy. When they leave the base for the weekend, away from work, they aren't. So yeah, absolutely. Now, if a parent, or perhaps a superior at work, were to sign off on a personal purchase and the liability that goes with that until that person turns 21, then have at it. We can all appreciate the 18-year-old's job choice and willingness to work at defending our country, but they're still an 18-year-old.

I am not saying an 18-year-old shouldn't own a gun. I am saying an 18-year-old, regardless of what line of work they are in, should not be able to purchase a gun on their own, and that whoever signs off on that purchase should assume liability due to that choice. The age to purchase a firearm on your own should be 21. Give the teen angst and stupidity of youth some time to wear off. It's not a perfect science, but it would be an improvement.

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The ar-15 is a modular platform that can be


May 26, 2022, 4:04 PM

Used in a lot of ways. How many of these were full auto ? A skilled shooter could do tons of damage with a hunting rifle as well. I have an AR that Is basically set up as a hunting rifle. You’d probably call it an assault rifle though.

Take these away and they will just use AK-47’s and 74’s from the black market. They are plentiful around the world

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