should we be allowed semi-autos?

[Autech]

Anyway, it seems to me that the US has a real problem with their people that we in general don't, that is a mental health problem and their gun culture. They use phrases like "pulling the trigger" for the simple act of buying something, a sure sign that something is wrong with the whole mentality of the population. Of course they're not all like that, probably not that many are archetypal republican gun nuts, but they have a significant influence on the culture.

As for the pro side putting Mr Tipple on as spokesman doesn't do the pro side any favours.

Cheers

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Americas gun culture is the problem, not the guns. But to educate them correctly they need legislation and to change their 2nd amendment. Spoke to a yank the other day and asked him if he found someone breaking into his house, who was not armed whether he would shoot him. He said "I'd empty my whole clip into him". What ever happened to not shooting an unarmed man?

It all stems from this: The fear campaign has every day Americans obsessed someone is going to break in at any minute to rape and pillage. Not true, but that kind of mentality would take it's toll eventually I reckon on your sanity. The fact that someone can buy an AR-15 with a 30mag clip only makes it that little bit easier, imagine trying to kill 26 people with a bolt action rifle? Not as easy.

[Akzle]

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Americas gun culture is the problem, not the guns. But to educate them correctly they need legislation and to change their 2nd amendment.

that's it, huh? problem solved?

Spoke to a yank the other day and asked him if he found someone breaking into his house, who was not armed whether he would shoot him. He said "I'd empty my whole clip into him". What ever happened to not shooting an unarmed man?

he didn't say "man" he said "thief"

i tolerate thieves about as well as you might, having a dumptruck of offal hosed into your house.

. The fact that someone can buy an AR-15 with a 30mag clip only makes it that little bit easier, imagine trying to kill 26 people with a bolt action rifle? Not as easy.

oh please messiah-wIth-all-the-answers, what is a mag clip?

[Akzle]

The Russians? WTF have you been smoking lately?

some of those little toys from hungry jacks

[Akzle]

turns out pistols are the weapon of choice. most of their clipmags only hold like 10 or 15...

https://kirbysandersbiz.wordpress.co...ass-shootings/

[pritch]

turns out pistols are the weapon of choice. most of their clipmags only hold like 10 or 15...

https://kirbysandersbiz.wordpress.co...ass-shootings/

You guys are doing it again. Magclips? Clipmags? "Magazines" should do it.

Multiple magazines holding between a dozen and seventeen rounds each (without considering extended magazines) would hold a lot of ammunition.

[F5 Dave]

Can't we just all get along?

[Akzle]

You guys are doing it again. Magclips? Clipmags? "Magazines" should do it.

Multiple magazines holding between a dozen and seventeen rounds each (without considering extended magazines) would hold a lot of ammunition.

amateur

[TheDemonLord]

I saw this today...

[pritch]

amateur

There's a thing. Put one of those on one of these and you could shoot a lot of rabbits.

[jasonu]

amateur

Nigger!!!!!

[awayatc]

amateur

Dolly Parton was one of only a very few to successfully carry it concealed. .....

[Cosmik de Bris]

The fact that someone can buy an AR-15 with a 30mag clip only makes it that little bit easier, imagine trying to kill 26 people with a bolt action rifle? Not as easy.

Yes but instead of a bolt action you use a car or a bomb, there is always another mass murder device.

Cheers

[Akzle]

Dolly Parton was one of only a very few to successfully carry it concealed. .....

gee, i couldn't possibly see how

[geoffm]

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One idea that has been raised in the past which seems not unreasonable is registration of firearms to owners, it doesn't seem like a terrible plan to keep track of what's out there in the world, whether it would prevent anything bad from happening is a different matter altogether.

If you can persuade the crims to register their guns there may be a chance it will work.
Canada had registration and dropped it after it blew out to $2 billion. I am sure we can spend money on better things. It wont work any better here. The Police can't even track their won guns, leaving them in the Parliament toilets and 15 AR rifles on a front lawn recently. I can speak from experience that the register of B, C and E category guns that are registered (and have been since1920 in some cases) has errors.

[pritch]

The Police can't even track their won guns, leaving them in the Parliament toilets and 15 AR rifles on front lawn recently.

Yeah, two Police Glocks were stolen from the local courthouse where they had been stored in a much looser manner than any of us could get away with. That's more the fault of the Court than the cops but would not surprise me if other Police guns have gone missing but nobody said nowt.