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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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3. I've always said ...

Reply to krispos42 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 01:33 AM

Mar 2017

Guns also get hot, so an insulating grip around a barrel also shouldn't be a BFD.

Neither should ergonomic grips.

... that the prohibitions on barrel shrouds, pistol-gripped rifles, et al, make about as much sense as mandating that all rifles must weigh 30 pounds and be embedded with ground glass.

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A cross post on suppressors [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 OP

"Let me check with an astroturf anti-gun group and I'll get back to you." pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #1

Look at this from a consumer protection standpoint krispos42 Mar 2017 #2

I've always said ... Straw Man Mar 2017 #3

I suppose there was a surplus of fear when these laws were originally passed discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #4

Think about how much less concealable a pistol is... krispos42 Mar 2017 #5

It's all just evil discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #6

And magazines forward of the trigger instead of in the grip krispos42 Mar 2017 #7

That's because ... Straw Man Mar 2017 #8

Perish the thought of it n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #10

So why can't any of the pro-restriction folk... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #9