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In reply to the discussion: REINSTATE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN! [View all]hack89
(39,181 posts)13. Go read the actual law - you are wrong.
        CT has an AWB that is based on the federal AWB.  The Sandy Hook was legal.  It was not considered an assault weapon.
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        Nothing I said is wrong.  The fact is, mass shootings doubled after the ban expired.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #19
      
        
        You do not and cannot dispute that mass shootings doubled after the expiration of the AWB.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #24
      
        
        I hope your granddaughters remain safe and have great experiences in their schools
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Feb 2018
        #34
      
        
        It can't be discussed rationally,there's no excuse for not reinstating the AWB. Body counts rising
        mountain grammy
        Feb 2018
        #109
      
        
        The onus would be on the prosecutors, and as noted there's no way to make it stick...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #166
      
        
        Yeah, about that: "Many Circumventing Colorado High-Capacity Magazine Ban"
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #164
      
        
        The AR-10 is used on big game. The AR-15 is too small, and illegal in most states for use against
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #91
      
        
        re: " I think most people dont know there WAS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN...
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Feb 2018
        #25
      
        
        Gore got more votes than Bush in Florida, SCOTUS just didn't let them count all of Gore votes.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #32
      
        
        I gave you facts.  You chose to ignore them. I'm not going to play that game.  Bye.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #63
      
        
        Nope. The whole package.  You'll have to find someone else to be your straw man, Straw Man.  nt
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #67
      
        
        No, you need to stop ignoring words.   What part of "Not only that..." do you not understand?
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #74
      
        
        Actually, choosing not to play your diversion game is the opposite of evasive.  nt
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #80
      
        
        That the cosmetic features of the AR-15 are exactly what sells them to murderous nuts.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #82
      
        
        You have to reach back all the way to 2011 for a Norway's one mass shooting.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #125
      
        
        No, I didn't miss the point.  All those countries have the same societal problems we do.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #134
      
        
        What about the laws that have been on the books for centuries making murder illegal?
        MichMan
        Feb 2018
        #106
      
        
        "GOP (NRA) talking point(s)" are the Left version of "fake news": thought-terminating cliches
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #133
      
        
        You do not want an AWB, so spare me your concerns about what would "help."  nt
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #88
      
        
        "NRA talking points" is a Trumpian "fake news" accusation designed to deflect and avoid.
        Straw Man
        Feb 2018
        #122
      
        
        No, NRA talking points are how you avoid addressing the fact that ARs are marketed to nuts.  nt
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #123
      
        
        Some of the features you are referring to make the rifle much safer to use.
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #94
      
        
        Bump stocks and easily acquired auto sears make your assertions pure sophistry.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #129
      
        
        Pious fraud-"easily acquired auto sears" no longer exist. The Feds cracked down on them in 1986
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #131
      
        
        I, too have no problem with banning bump stocks. A ban would be Constitutionally sound, as...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #135
      
        
        Indeed, no mention was made of diming out the guy. That means one of four things:
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #142
      
        
        "I knew a gun nut who got one for his AR." You helped enable a felony, *if* you didn't call the ATF
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #139
      
        
        No.  It was 1989, he had a dealer's license and said it was legal for him to have it.
        SunSeeker
        Feb 2018
        #156
      
        
        Auto Sears have been regulated as a Machine Gun and registered since 1934.
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #157
      
        
        After that date, they are retroactively Machine Guns. Any rifle that had one installed is also retro
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #160
      
        
        You left out the part where ARs *that they would fit into* were regulated at the same time...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #161
      
        
        This is the kind of catastrophic failure an AR can experience if you try to install an auto sear
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #158
      
        
        Wow, he's lucky he wasn't arrested, or at the least the rifle confiscated.
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #181
      
        
        You were conned, Sunny- and that post deserves a fisking. So here it is:
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #163
      
        
        You don't get to characterize it as 'jumping on' when the thread literally advertises itself in
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #174
      
        
        By the way, the 7th Circuit Court invalidated the BATFE's grandfathering of pre1981
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #177
      
        
        I stand corrected, SunSeeker-however, everything else I said still applies
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #170
      
        
        Bump stocks are legal, and available. Auto sears are tightly controlled, expensive, and not availabl
        AtheistCrusader
        Feb 2018
        #152
      
        
        Start with easy stuff like sticks, rocks, and boards with nails through them
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2018
        #140
      
  