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In reply to the discussion: Police seek tips to get AK-47-wielding gunman off the street [View all]Paladin
(28,252 posts)97. I'm not blaming the inanimate objects.
I'm blaming the ugly mindset which said objects reveal and encourage. The trend toward enthusiasm for firearms designed along the lines of military and law enforcement specifications is unhealthy---there's a shooting incident practically every week now which proves that. It's a perfectly predictable result of people favoring guns designed to kill people over guns designed for sporting purposes. If the Gun Enthusiast community continues to marginalize itself (see the rapidly hidden NRA Enemies List, for example), if Gun Enthusiasts continue to block the most moderate and common-sense control measures, there will be consequences. If the War On Terror has proven anything, it is that once the public gets scared, constitutional protections can get shoved to one side without much complaint. If the 1st, 4th, 5th and 14th Amendments can be ditched to one degree or another, what's going to keep the same thing from happening to the 2nd, as well? The communication skills of Wayne LaPierre? The sophisticated world view of Ted Nugent? The calm, even-handed judicial temperament of Antonin Scalia? Lotsa luck.....
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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