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Kids Say the Darndest Things
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On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). |
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:27:33 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). === Out of deference to your omnipotent wisdom, I'm sure he'll consult with you in advance of any major decisions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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Keyser Soze
On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). ..... ? |
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 2/21/18 3:52 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:27:33 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). === Out of deference to your omnipotent wisdom, I'm sure he'll consult with you in advance of any major decisions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com It's hard to think of anyone I know who doesn't know more about firearms and firearms safety and the need for better controls on obtaining firearms than Trump. Of course, that is also true of many other subjects important to our government and Constitution. How do you know what trump knows? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 2/21/18 4:32 PM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 2/21/18 3:52 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:27:33 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). === Out of deference to your omnipotent wisdom, I'm sure he'll consult with you in advance of any major decisions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com It's hard to think of anyone I know who doesn't know more about firearms and firearms safety and the need for better controls on obtaining firearms than Trump. Of course, that is also true of many other subjects important to our government and Constitution. How do you know what trump knows? Easy. He doesn't read much, he doesn't pay attention to his national security advisers, when he speaks on any significant issue, it is obvious his depth of knowledge is one sheet of paper deep. Trump is an intellectual cipher. |
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 2/21/18 4:32 PM, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 2/21/18 3:52 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:27:33 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 1:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: Students at the Florida press conference make more sense than adults. Whatever happens will be a test of leadership for Trump. If he produces nothing or next to nothing (the current proposal to pay for more reporting from the states is nothing). === Out of deference to your omnipotent wisdom, I'm sure he'll consult with you in advance of any major decisions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com It's hard to think of anyone I know who doesn't know more about firearms and firearms safety and the need for better controls on obtaining firearms than Trump. Of course, that is also true of many other subjects important to our government and Constitution. How do you know what trump knows? Easy. He doesn't read much, he doesn't pay attention to his national security advisers, when he speaks on any significant issue, it is obvious his depth of knowledge is one sheet of paper deep. Trump is an intellectual cipher. But how do you know that? You haven't even had lunch with him. You're just blowing smoke like you always do. You aren't equipped with the tools to figure things out, either. That's obvious. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:44:47 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: I think this latest shooting is a tripping point and I think many state legislators will start to do something. It will be slow but the citizens demand it. The weird thing is these killings represent about 0.9% of the gun murders and 0.20% of gun deaths in the US but it is the only thing we want to talk about. I suppose it is because these are white kids in the suburbs and not black kids in the city. I still say the only up side to keeping troubled kids away from guns is they will be paying more attention in chemistry classes. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. |
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:26:46 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: We'll see what sort of leadership Trump exerts on this issue. Trump is going to knee jerk something. It is what he does. |
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Keyser Soze
On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. ...... Well, the Vietnamese nickname for the m-16. It was called “Black Death” for some odd reason. Then again maybe it wasn’t used in the jungles, no? |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:45:34 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: How many schools have had innocent children killed with bare hands or feet? Again you are just talking about what makes the news. During that same 5 year period tens of thousands of black "kids" were killed with handguns. BTW do you really think that if there were no AR 15s, there would be no more school shootings? It is just that this is the most popular rifle sold here. And what happened to all of those AK-47s that were going to kill us all 20 years ago? Do you think they disappeared? There are around 4-5 million of them here, 2 million added to the inventory during the phony "ban" ("loophole" guns with a thumbhole stock). The AR people just had a better marketing campaign and it is actually a superior firearm. Once people got over all the myths and nam stories and got those AKs in their hands they figured out they were **** but they can still get a lot of lead downrange very fast. I also noticed Columbine was not on your list. Those boys used 9mms (a Tec 9 and a "tactical" rifle like Harry's) and shotguns. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. |
Kids Say the Darndest Things
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:50:29 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: Keyser Soze On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. ..... Well, the Vietnamese nickname for the m-16. It was called “Black Death” for some odd reason. Then again maybe it wasn’t used in the jungles, no? Most Vietnamese were not as big as a deer ;-) We also fired something like 10,000 rounds for every one we killed. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:13:06 -0500, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Not legally. "Subject to limited exceptions*, federal law prohibits the possession of a handgun or handgun ammunition by any person under the age of 18.10 Federal law provides no minimum age for the possession of long guns or long gun ammunition." Also, "Licensed dealers may not sell or deliver a handgun or ammunition for a handgun to any person the dealer has reasonable cause to believe is under age 21." Unlicensed persons may not sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a handgun or handgun ammunition to any person the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 18, with certain exceptions*. http://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-la...n/minimum-age/ Who is going to stop them? Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm. I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. In Virginia you can still buy a .22 from an unlicensed seller at any age, legally. |
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On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. |
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On 2/22/18 9:50 AM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. ..... Well, the Vietnamese nickname for the m-16. It was called “Black Death” for some odd reason. Then again maybe it wasn’t used in the jungles, no? Are you aware of the reported number of rounds fired in those M-16's compared to the number of hits? I don't recall the exact number of rounds, but it was very, very high. |
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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. Or smaller. .17HMR. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. I did not own / buy a firearm until I was married. Why buy, when dad had any I wanted to use. As a kid, we would go to the government range in the hills around the range master was a friend of my dad, and just use dad’s guns. I was under 16, so my brother drove. |
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Keyser Soze
- show quoted text - You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. ..... A .22 LR works fine on them at 100 yards |
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11:45 On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 06:50:29 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: - show quoted text - Most Vietnamese were not as big as a deer ;-) We also fired something like 10,000 rounds for every one we killed. .... That was due to full auto spray shooting. That invoked the 3 end. burst. Better aiming and conserve lead. Btw I’ve dropped many dear ( head shot) with .223. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:16:26 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: Trump isn't capable of managing anything. That makes us ask how he got so rich. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote: Who is going to stop them? Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm. How has that been working so far? |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:09:40 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 2/22/18 12:43 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:11:18 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 2/21/18 11:57 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:52:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John, I agree with you that the problem isn't really guns. All of them can kill. The problem is more a mindset and fascination with military type assault weapons. They are, by a wide margin, the weapon of choice by these sick people. It is just the most popular rifle sold in the US today, by a wide margin. We still have more people killed with bare hands, feet fists etc than all rifles combined so it is not really the major killer. My hunter friends have told me it that in .223/5.56, it is a "lousy choice" for a hunting rifle, especially in wooded/brush country. I tend to agree, particularly if you are talking about deer. In fact most states won't let you use any .22 on a deer (actually thinking about .22rf but it is how the law is written) OTOH guys who shoot ground hogs seem to be OK with the .223. You'd think they'd want something bigger to take on those deadly, dangerous ground hawgs. They just want something flat shooting and a .223 is pretty good. It is a whole lot cheaper to shoot than a 6.5 Creedmore. |
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On 2/22/2018 1:26 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. I did not own / buy a firearm until I was married. Why buy, when dad had any I wanted to use. As a kid, we would go to the government range in the hills around the range master was a friend of my dad, and just use dad’s guns. I was under 16, so my brother drove. I never wanted a firearm while we were raising kids in the house. Never wanted one, even after our home was broken into one day and items stolen. I was never interested in hunting (still am not). I suppose if we had lived in an area of the country where rifles and guns were a part of life it may have been different. I got a permit when I opened the guitar shop at the suggestion of my lawyer friend because I often carried large amounts of cash on me and the shop was often visited by people unknown to me and sometimes acting strangely. I remember the day the lawyer made his recommendation. He happened to be in the shop when it was visited by a couple of guys. One stayed in the parking lot in their car with the engine running. The other came in, sorta scoped out the place but left when several other "regulars" showed up. After I received the permit I joined a club with a shooting range and went often. Bought several various revolvers, pistols and rifles but after a while I got tired of shooting holes in paper targets. Still have a .22 Ruger rifle, a shotgun, a revolver and three pistols but I'll probably get rid of all but the revolver and one pistol soon. Rarely carry and I just don't have much interest in them. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:36:06 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: I’ve dropped many dear ( head shot) with .223 I bet that thought keeps your wife in line ;-) I bet you meant deer |
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2:25 On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:36:06 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: I’ve dropped many dear ( head shot) with .223 I bet that thought keeps your wife in line ;-) I bet you meant deer ... Courtesy of auto-correct, I’d say your right.🙄 |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:21:01 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/22/2018 12:13 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. Fortunately, most parents I know personally have more smarts and a sense of responsibility to allow their kids at any minor age to own guns. That is Acela corridor thinking again and big city thinking at that. In the early 60s hunting was a thing most of my friends did before they could drive and this was just outside of DC in PG county. Like I said, the 7-11 sold shotgun shells and .22s I am sure that sounds strange today but you could walk in the woods all the way from the DC line behind Eastover shopping center and Forest Heights to the river, down past where National Harbor is now and never see a thing but woods. That was 4 or 5 square miles contiguous with the woods behind my house before they built the interstate. Typically we did not really do much hunting east of 210 but there were some good quail and rabbit fields before you got there, pretty much where the right of way for I-495 is now. West of 210 there was just about anything you could expect to find in Maryland. The strange thing is there is still a pretty big undeveloped parcel down there right now. |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:24:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/22/2018 12:33 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:45:34 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: How many schools have had innocent children killed with bare hands or feet? Again you are just talking about what makes the news. During that same 5 year period tens of thousands of black "kids" were killed with handguns. BTW do you really think that if there were no AR 15s, there would be no more school shootings? It is just that this is the most popular rifle sold here. And what happened to all of those AK-47s that were going to kill us all 20 years ago? Do you think they disappeared? There are around 4-5 million of them here, 2 million added to the inventory during the phony "ban" ("loophole" guns with a thumbhole stock). The AR people just had a better marketing campaign and it is actually a superior firearm. Once people got over all the myths and nam stories and got those AKs in their hands they figured out they were **** but they can still get a lot of lead downrange very fast. I also noticed Columbine was not on your list. Those boys used 9mms (a Tec 9 and a "tactical" rifle like Harry's) and shotguns. The source of the data I posted was specifically related to AR-15 type weapons. .... and you ignored the ones that did not fit your rant. Are you sure you are not a Democrat? |
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On 2/22/2018 3:46 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:24:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/22/2018 12:33 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:45:34 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: How many schools have had innocent children killed with bare hands or feet? Again you are just talking about what makes the news. During that same 5 year period tens of thousands of black "kids" were killed with handguns. BTW do you really think that if there were no AR 15s, there would be no more school shootings? It is just that this is the most popular rifle sold here. And what happened to all of those AK-47s that were going to kill us all 20 years ago? Do you think they disappeared? There are around 4-5 million of them here, 2 million added to the inventory during the phony "ban" ("loophole" guns with a thumbhole stock). The AR people just had a better marketing campaign and it is actually a superior firearm. Once people got over all the myths and nam stories and got those AKs in their hands they figured out they were **** but they can still get a lot of lead downrange very fast. I also noticed Columbine was not on your list. Those boys used 9mms (a Tec 9 and a "tactical" rifle like Harry's) and shotguns. The source of the data I posted was specifically related to AR-15 type weapons. ... and you ignored the ones that did not fit your rant. Are you sure you are not a Democrat? No Greg. I simply searched for what type of firearm is used most often in these mass shootings. The answer is the AK-15 look a-likes. Question for you and I don't mean to be personal so no need to answer if you don't want to. I can't remember. Do you have kids? |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:02:35 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 2/22/2018 3:46 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:24:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/22/2018 12:33 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:45:34 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: How many schools have had innocent children killed with bare hands or feet? Again you are just talking about what makes the news. During that same 5 year period tens of thousands of black "kids" were killed with handguns. BTW do you really think that if there were no AR 15s, there would be no more school shootings? It is just that this is the most popular rifle sold here. And what happened to all of those AK-47s that were going to kill us all 20 years ago? Do you think they disappeared? There are around 4-5 million of them here, 2 million added to the inventory during the phony "ban" ("loophole" guns with a thumbhole stock). The AR people just had a better marketing campaign and it is actually a superior firearm. Once people got over all the myths and nam stories and got those AKs in their hands they figured out they were **** but they can still get a lot of lead downrange very fast. I also noticed Columbine was not on your list. Those boys used 9mms (a Tec 9 and a "tactical" rifle like Harry's) and shotguns. The source of the data I posted was specifically related to AR-15 type weapons. ... and you ignored the ones that did not fit your rant. Are you sure you are not a Democrat? No Greg. I simply searched for what type of firearm is used most often in these mass shootings. The answer is the AK-15 look a-likes. Question for you and I don't mean to be personal so no need to answer if you don't want to. I can't remember. Do you have kids? A daughter and yes I kept my guns locked up. In Maryland, no kids I bet my ex still has her 1100 under the bed and loaded with 6. |
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On 2/22/2018 3:45 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:21:01 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/22/2018 12:13 PM, wrote: On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a 15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her parent's permission. If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at any age? Who is going to stop them? I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22 for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold ammo at the 7-11. Fortunately, most parents I know personally have more smarts and a sense of responsibility to allow their kids at any minor age to own guns. That is Acela corridor thinking again and big city thinking at that. In the early 60s hunting was a thing most of my friends did before they could drive and this was just outside of DC in PG county. Like I said, the 7-11 sold shotgun shells and .22s I am sure that sounds strange today but you could walk in the woods all the way from the DC line behind Eastover shopping center and Forest Heights to the river, down past where National Harbor is now and never see a thing but woods. That was 4 or 5 square miles contiguous with the woods behind my house before they built the interstate. Typically we did not really do much hunting east of 210 but there were some good quail and rabbit fields before you got there, pretty much where the right of way for I-495 is now. West of 210 there was just about anything you could expect to find in Maryland. The strange thing is there is still a pretty big undeveloped parcel down there right now. There are plenty people who hunt in Massachusetts and the areas we've lived in are probably more heavily wooded than your experience in Maryland. The last house I lived in with my parents as a kid was surrounded by tens of thousands of acres of woods and undeveloped land. I still don't know of any parent I know who would allow a minor child to have his/her very own gun. BB guns, yes. Firearms ... no. |
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