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In reply to the discussion: Police seek tips to get AK-47-wielding gunman off the street [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)75. Because for some here, any disagreement is extremism
You are a good example.
The funny thing is, you and I see eye to eye on most gun control proposals. Besides the AWB and registration, I bet you and I support exactly the same proposed gun control laws.
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If they just said "22 casings" I suppose I might have misread that for ".22 casings"
Recursion
Apr 2013
#23
Here is a tip: I would start by looking into how many AK-47's were lost from fast and furious and
midnight
Apr 2013
#7
The article is clearly incorrect is several respects, that is just one of them
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#57
I feel that in a nation where there is a demonstrated inability to protect
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#90
Quit whining. AK-47's and AR-15's have more than earned their unsavory reputations.
Paladin
Apr 2013
#33
Your solution would be banning the most effective means of self defense
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#66
Your view of the urban masses as a "desensitized and demoralized population"
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#89
No - people have been getting use to lower levels of gun violence for 20 years now.
hack89
Apr 2013
#46
This can't be. AK47s are not assault rifles and no crimes are committed using them
jpak
Apr 2013
#28
So, your major problem with the story isn't the incident itself, but the reporting of it.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#38
There is a someone with a gun doing bad things and this is a serious concern
ProgressiveProfessor
Apr 2013
#50
Think how low it would be without all our guns, gun nuts, acceptance of all things guns, etc.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#55
But, according to the DU's very own RW gun nerds, America is the most violent place in the world.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#58
It is funny when they say crime is decreasing, then in the next post they are encouraging arming up
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#64
moron is coming out of one of those close houses to play with his toy-get more cameras.
Sunlei
Apr 2013
#84
A murderer is roaming the streets with a deadly weapon, killing and maiming people.
drm604
Apr 2013
#94
Let's see. Was it maybe a designer weapon? Pink? Chartreuse? Why debate type. Death is death.
Lint Head
Apr 2013
#103
Look! It's another law-abiding citizen exercising his second amendment rights!
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#112
Hey there, you left out Mooslims, dronz and FEMA camps. And Obama cellphones.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#121
another police dept trying to take guns away from "hunters" like this! (sarcasm)
wordpix
Apr 2013
#117