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In reply to the discussion: Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,692 posts)88. BTW, about the lands down under
        
          https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48510881
Darwin shooting: Four killed in northern Australia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44099994
Margaret River shooting: Grandfather 'planned' Australia deaths
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47924270
Melbourne nightclub shooting leaves one dead, three injured
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/gunsmith-leon-james-baird-jailed-for-manufacturing-supplying-firearms-able-to-shoot-up-to-600-rounds-a-minute/news-story/f8f17d439488313548ae3274442284a2
Gunsmith Leon James Baird jailed for manufacturing, supplying firearms able to shoot up to 600 rounds a minute
          
          
          
        
        Darwin shooting: Four killed in northern Australia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44099994
Margaret River shooting: Grandfather 'planned' Australia deaths
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-47924270
Melbourne nightclub shooting leaves one dead, three injured
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/gunsmith-leon-james-baird-jailed-for-manufacturing-supplying-firearms-able-to-shoot-up-to-600-rounds-a-minute/news-story/f8f17d439488313548ae3274442284a2
Gunsmith Leon James Baird jailed for manufacturing, supplying firearms able to shoot up to 600 rounds a minute
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        Pious fraud is part and parcel of gun control advocacy. That was merely the latest example.
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #5
      
        
        None of which substantiate your original claim. We've seen this sort of thing before:
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #8
      
        
        Some truly believe that mere repetition of a claim is a sign of veracity...
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #17
      
        
        Not that I disagree- but mere repetition of a claim is no indicator of truth
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #16
      
        
        "You didn't address my point" Said 'point' is merely a repeated claim, made with much handwaving...
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #20
      
        
        "Disband the NRA" by mindlessly parroting your claims to everyone we know?
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #32
      
        
        You have to admit without the NRA, the only guns left would be muskets & Colt SAAs
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        May 2019
        #33
      
        
        Gay marriage was achieved by action, not mindless repetition of slogans...
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #62
      
        
        God the bull shit never ends does it.  Bad parenting? Combined with a fucking GUN!
        wasupaloopa
        May 2019
        #30
      
        
        What does the NRA do to prevent school shootings? Actually they work toward more
        wasupaloopa
        May 2019
        #29
      
        
        No no no no the tool is made for killing and is used to kill children in school. That you
        wasupaloopa
        May 2019
        #52
      
        
        implicitly to murder me or anyone else, is more important than my right to life
        gejohnston
        May 2019
        #41
      
        
        The 2nd Amendment only applies to MILITIAS.  And Scalia got bought by gun companies
        sharedvalues
        May 2019
        #77
      
        
        An obvious (and clumsy) propagandist lecturing others about 'bad faith'?
        friendly_iconoclast
        Jun 2019
        #89
      
        
        I might accept that sniper rifles are designed to kill but guns in general? Not so much other guns. 
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        May 2019
        #35
      
        
        If guns in general aren't designed to kill, then what are they designed for?
        PoindexterOglethorpe
        May 2019
        #39
      
        
        Once again, with rare exceptions guns are designed to kill living things.
        PoindexterOglethorpe
        May 2019
        #67
      
        
        Authoritarians and moral panic-mongers love the "Won't somebody think of the children?" schtick
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #79
      
        
        You're not the first demagogue to sanctimoniously proclaim that you're trying to 'save' children...
        friendly_iconoclast
        May 2019
        #80
      
  