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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    You can still do the job with hand guns. that should make you sleep better. But it is much easier and most killers select semi automatics. Wouldn't you? Isn't that what you plan on using? And no. I did not say that. make more shit up.
    Most handguns are also semi automatic. I think these killers are drawn to weapons that look dangerous, but will use other weapons if those were not available. I don't think the weapon is an inherent piece of the crime, they quite literally are the same action and ability of many weapons that don't look quite as dangerous. Broken brains is broken brains and if an Armalite weapon was not available the broken brain would use a different type of weapon.

    The idea that banning just these weapons would stop this seems to be totally fabricated out of thin air when you realize that one of the most famous shootings of this type, Columbine here in CO, was perpetrated without them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    Please stop, or you'll give reason to their sides complaints. The side you advocate here shows, as much reasoning skills as the gun crazies. Not only shouldn't we get rid of guns in that vicious a manner, there is little way to accomplish it. We just need to get things off market that were insane to be put on the market to begin with. People don't need war arms, unless they are in combat in enemy countries, or God forbid if it happens and war is brought to us. Civilians shouldn't have access to such things.
    Are you sad because Nordbug is saying what you really feel?

    He has exposed your side. Of course we know your true aim and you will always lose

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirthinksalot View Post
    It is well established that so called assault rifles are used in far fewer murders than hand guns. Why the obsession with "assault rifles"? Is it because they look scary? Or because mass shootings generate headlines and captivate public interest? Or most sadly, because you think a bunch of dead children is most useful to score cheap political points?



    https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/1...ww.google.com/

    You are making stuff up just so you can look stupid again

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Most handguns are also semi automatic. I think these killers are drawn to weapons that look dangerous, but will use other weapons if those were not available. I don't think the weapon is an inherent piece of the crime, they quite literally are the same action and ability of many weapons that don't look quite as dangerous. Broken brains is broken brains and if an Armalite weapon was not available the broken brain would use a different type of weapon.

    The idea that banning just these weapons would stop this seems to be totally fabricated out of thin air when you realize that one of the most famous shootings of this type, Columbine here in CO, was perpetrated without them.

    You really should get educated on this stuff before you post. The major weapon at Columbine was a TEC-9 which is considered an assault pistol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    You really should get educated on this stuff before you post. The major weapon at Columbine was a TEC-9 which is considered an assault pistol.
    But not considered an AR-15, or even an assault rifle, which was the weapon we were talking about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    You really should get educated on this stuff before you post. The major weapon at Columbine was a TEC-9 which is considered an assault pistol.
    You shouldn't try and tell others to get educated when you yourself don't know what you're taking about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    But not considered an AR-15, or even an assault rifle, which was the weapon we were talking about.
    Which is why it's called an assault handgun do you understand the distinction

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peridot View Post
    You shouldn't try and tell others to get educated when you yourself don't know what you're taking about.
    Trying to assert that a TEC-9 isnt a Tech 9 just makes you look foolish

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    Which is why it's called an assault handgun do you understand the distinction
    Your attempt to move the goalposts notwithstanding, you've simply proven my position. Assault rifles are not inherent to these attacks. I notice you ignored Virginia Tech. The reality is, semi-automatic is not saved solely for the weapons that you think look scary.
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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    Trying to assert that a TEC-9 isnt a Tech 9 just makes you look foolish
    What exactly makes it a "assault pistol? Go on, explain it to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Your attempt to move the goalposts notwithstanding, you've simply proven my position. Assault rifles are not inherent to these attacks. I notice you ignored Virginia Tech. The reality is, semi-automatic is not saved solely for the weapons that you think look scary.

    you should read the title of the thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peridot View Post
    What exactly makes it a "assault pistol? Go on, explain it to me.

    another uneducated deplorable. https://gun.laws.com/tec-9

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    another uneducated deplorable. https://gun.laws.com/tec-9
    No no no no, I said explain it to me. Use YOUR words. Tell me how it is different from other pistols.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peridot View Post
    No no no no, I said explain it to me. Use YOUR words. Tell me how it is different from other pistols.

    you arent sober are you? The pistol acts in a semi automatic manner

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    Quote Originally Posted by katzgar View Post
    you arent sober are you? The pistol acts in a semi automatic manner
    Do you even know what that word means? Are YOU sober?

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