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   Fairportfan2 said, 5 months ago

   Ooohhh
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   I think i’m not gonna read this comment thread.
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   Wabbit said, 5 months ago

   I don’t want to read it too. too much potential for extreme bickering.
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   Ottodesu said, 5 months ago

   @Fairportfan2

   Good point, but I can’t resist.
   I openly say that I am a foreigner and genuinely admire the USA and its diverse people, so I ask without intent to offend, but:
   How can you justify domestic ownership of military assault rifles and dummy head bullets?
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   Dycel said, 5 months ago

   Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
   Albert Einstein
   This is the reality to the NRA’s everyone is entitled to their “rights” BS.
   I for one have guns use guns for sport and competion but there are some guns that have no place in our society
   AR, HK, Tec,
   These are weapons have one purpose to put as much lead downfield as fast as possible, they are useless for any other purpose.
   The BushMaster that was recently used to kill elementary school kids is another toy to the anally retentive fear mongers that thrive on the fear and lothing of their “rights” that has become the NRA mantra. The same ordinance was use as a sniper rifle by two nitwits that killed many innocent people from the truck of their car as sport a few years ago.
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   Here’s a hypothetical story for you:
   BobbyJoe never graduated high school in Tenn his job sucks his girlfriend gave up on him and he’s sitting alone in his home being paranoid, but because of his states gun laws say he can openly buy any firearm made in his state well he just has to have a Spanky new Barrett M82-A1 50 cal semi auto rifle.
   Well BobbyJoe is on his second 12 pack and his favorite football team just got shut out so he grabs his new toy and shoots his TV firgetting he has it loaded with APT (armor pierceing tracer) rounds, well his shot goes through his TV the wall ofhis living room through the house next door and the one next to it and finally stops in the block of his best friends new Dodge diesel pickup.
   The prosperous tracer has set every house on fire and the AP has blown right through the block on that new Dodge truck.
   Funny thing about the Barrett it has a proven capability to punch a 1/2" hole through thru 3/8 plate steel at 600 yds so the feasibility of this story is possible and the uneducated fool who bought the gun to real to ignore!
   I don’t blame Barrett they manufacture a fine weapon, personally have experience with the M107-A but in the hands of anyone with a credit card these tools can be devastating and as long as we refuse to accept the need for some standards regarding the availability of these we will continue to see disasters created by those who haven’t the sense or understanding o use them properly!
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   capndunzzl said, 5 months ago

   …as long as their lobbyists are bribing….
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   Mark said, 5 months ago

   @Fairportfan2

   I think you’re right. I took a chance and read yours, but I think I’ll stop now.
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   ronald rini said, 5 months ago

   not sure but did we have these problem 20 years ago or 40. So if we did not then it has to be someother reasons for these crimes. Could it be the computer games the crime on tv. To me I think if a few teachers had guns there would not have been so many children shot
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   jonesb said, 5 months ago

   @ronald rini

   Ditto!
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   ansonia said, 5 months ago

   @ronald rini

   I think the media sensationalizing every shooting perpetuates it.
   I’ve posted an excerpt from Psychology Today on another thread supporting this so I won’t repeat it sgain, but a loser who feels insignificant will now go down in history with recognition from the President himself.
   Better than hanging yourself in the basement all alone.
   Blaming the NRA is short-sighted. The Supreme Court is the body that gave citizens therright to own guns.
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    olfart said, 5 months ago

    The media are frantically trying to make this all about guns. Yes, we need some restraints on extreme ordinance, but we need to be cautious about it. The second amendment is there for good reasons. First we should provide help for the mentally ill who are looking for help. The cost to taxpayers cannot BEGIN to compare to the emotional costs of these weekly slaughters! Besides, it is the right thing to do. Let’s pretend, for once, that we are a civilized nation.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago

    I read on some comment section (MSNBC?) something that made my hairs stand on end. The guy commenting wrote “…why is my AR-15 considered an assault weapon, I just use it for my protection!”. I have no login there, so I had to scream at my monitor “WHAT DO YOU MORON THINK A R STANDS FOR????”

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    I know the U.S. is gun-crazy. Well, that’s just how it is and I don’t think it can be changed. But that some company is able to build, label and sell an “Assault Rifle 15” is beyond me. Why not call it “Cop Killer”? Why not sell Sarin gas? Why can over one million people not board a plane but buy a weapon (terrorist no-fly list)? Why can one buy a gun in a heartbeat but needs a receipt from a doctor to buy medication? Why are you forbidden from having an open alcohol-container in public but may show off your deadly weapons?

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    The more I think about it the more I have to resort to shaking my head in disgust and disbelieve…
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    olfart said, 5 months ago

    @ dycel
    Your story would be amusing if I didn’t know Bobby Joe, in several iterations. He is out there, people! He might not have a vehicle sufficient to carry him back and forth to work, but he owns thousands of dollars wort of firearms. Be nice to him. There is no help available for his Voices.
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    masterskrain said, 5 months ago

    I once asked a co-worker something like; “if you have to pass a test and have a driver’s license to drive a car, do you have to pass a test, and have some sort of a license to shoot a gun?”
    I didn’t know, seriously. I don’t own a gun, and I was just curious.
    This guy went off on a rant for a good 15 minutes about “That’s just more Government interference”, and “They are gonna come marching in with the stormtroopers and take away my guns”, and “I’m gonna have enough firepower to fight back”, and the whole incoherent 2nd amendment rant!
    It was REALLY scary to listen to his shrieking and foaming at the mouth about all this!
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    russell5419 said, 5 months ago

    Take away guns knives baseball bat’s, does anyone know how easy it is to make a homemade bomb? it’s simple, you can find out how on the internet, your most basis is gas in a bottle with a rag, or a pipe bomb , very easy to make, we used to make them as kids, and cut a drive shaft in half and waa laa, you have an instant mortar. So give me a break people. But don’t try to take away our guns, we have the right to bear arms to protect ourselves and hunt, just because there are a few nuts in the world, don’t blame the rest of us for their stupidity.
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    turgilsa said, 5 months ago

    @ronald rini

    Do you really think that arming elementary school teachers is a good idea?
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