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pablo_marmol

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17. Thanks for another post that undermines your own position, SecMo!!!
Mon May 9, 2016, 12:41 PM
May 2016

I heard about this story about three nights ago because I listen to KNX news radio on my drive home from work. (I work a 2nd shift.) So much fail in such a brief story. I did a websearch, and found the video that was broadcast on an L.A. "news" station. Check the link at end of post.

1) Citizen #1 with the goatee claims that "kids are smart" and can even get their way into safes to get at guns. LOL! If you're too stupid to choose a safe that is child-proof, the problem aint GUNZ. And if your kid finds a way to saw into your safe, then you've got issues more serious than GUNZ.

2) Citizen #2 talks about the hazards of "leaving gunz lying around" --- an obvious strawman, since NOBODY advocates doing that.

3) When I heard citizen #3 lie about "assault weapons" (again - listening on radio) I assumed it was another citizen getting air time. Nice strategy, news outlet! Have someone else lie for you, and you think you've got plausible deniability in spreading false information! Turns out citizen #3 was a cop falsely claiming that "assault weapons" -- semi-auto BY DEFINITION -- fire at a higher rate of speed than other gunz, and "hold more bullets".

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/05/07/lapd-hosts-two-gun-buyback-events/

EDITED TO ADD: Video also references assault rifles -- reinforcing the lie that "assault weapons" "spray bullets" and are the equivalent of bona-fide military rifles.

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I wonder how many crime guns were 'laundered' . N/T beevul May 2016 #1
Shhhh, that upsets the control crowd DonP May 2016 #4
My bad. beevul May 2016 #18
Going door to door... scscholar May 2016 #2
Something like- sarisataka May 2016 #5
Will you be doing it? linuxman May 2016 #6
You didn't describe a real search... scscholar May 2016 #7
Why would my house be searched? linuxman May 2016 #8
What about the people that say: virginia mountainman May 2016 #10
I support laws requiring local law enforcement to sell those firearms back to wholesalers.. Kang Colby May 2016 #3
I saw a documentary.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #9
That has happened here in my state as well. Kang Colby May 2016 #11
Did you hear about the Sturmgewehr CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #12
We had something similar happen with a Thompson DonP May 2016 #14
Nice. What a story. Kang Colby May 2016 #15
30 thousand or so. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #16
"Buyback:" You mean LAPD sold them in the first place? Eleanors38 May 2016 #13
Thanks for another post that undermines your own position, SecMo!!! pablo_marmol May 2016 #17
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