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Gun Control Reform Activism

Paladin

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7. That's exactly what I'm advocating that we avoid.

Reply to billh58 (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 07:00 PM

Feb 2015

By all means, let's know the difference between a semi-automatic and a fully automatic weapon, for instance. But let's not get dragged into discussions of esoteric details which have nothing to do with basic gun control policy. That's exactly how they want to steer things, because when it comes down to it, they don't have much of an argument against sensible controls.

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And gunners try to convince us there is no such thing as a semi-auto assault rifle. Hoyt Feb 2015 #1

They want to have it both ways, guns are awesomely lethal and guns are just things Electric Monk Feb 2015 #4

I aways thought that having one of these upaloopa Feb 2015 #2

Yeah, but you get to look real macho like the dude above TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #3

Military-styled semi-auto rifles were originally marketed openly as "assault rifles." Paladin Feb 2015 #5

I agree, and I am adequately familiar billh58 Feb 2015 #6

That's exactly what I'm advocating that we avoid. Paladin Feb 2015 #7

As Jim Jefferies billh58 Feb 2015 #8

Funny stuff, indeed :) Electric Monk Feb 2015 #9

Jefferies is great, as are Australia's tough gun laws. Hoyt Feb 2015 #10