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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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15. "Assault Weapon" (whatever that means today) does not = "Assault Rifle"

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sat Apr 30, 2016, 02:37 PM

Apr 2016

Some of the same folks that hate guns, gun stores and gun manufacturers, along with everything they stand for, now justify calling a semi-auto like an AR-15 an "assault rifle" because a manufacturer's ad at some point did that.

Moral of the story for some controllers: "Lies, half-truths and inaccuracies which we like, become gospel."

Really????

It's fine to have no command of a vocabulary. Just don't expect to be taken for making any sense let alone common sense.

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The resurgence of gun stupidity: an Update (see #15 below) [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 OP

If you apply the "AWB" logic to cars... benEzra Apr 2016 #1

Oldie, but goodie. Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #5

I've read this before... probably your post discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #7

A few years back ... Straw Man Apr 2016 #2

Sometimes people spend a long time... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #8

The 1% LOVES piffle like "assault weapons" bans that keep us fighting amongst ourselves. pablo_marmol Apr 2016 #3

Thanks, the video and link are excellent bits of information n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #9

The stupid, it hurts.... virginia mountainman Apr 2016 #4

It's sad that the video is so embarrassing. discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #10

Of course new bans will be more creative, like in NY & CT. jmg257 Apr 2016 #6

People are creative and... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #11

Good post. Kang Colby Apr 2016 #12

Well then, good. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #13

In 2013...30% of Democratic Senators voted Kang Colby Apr 2016 #14

"Assault Weapon" (whatever that means today) does not = "Assault Rifle" discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #15

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