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  • #91
    Need more conceal carry permits.
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    • #92
      Yep.
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      • #93
        Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
        I think that's a little over the top, don't you? I realize we're not always civil on poly, but I feel like that crosses a line somehow.
        It also has a subtle point about the effectiveness of suicide by gun.

        It was also not directly pointed at you, but a generality.
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        • #94
          Originally posted by Wiglaf View Post
          He also had no permits apparently so the legal issue is probably moot.
          I agree there's no point to permits in a country where it's ridiculously easy to acquire guns. That's the real issue.
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          • #95
            This is the gun used:


            There's no reasonable reason for a citizen to own that. jesus christ.
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            • #96
              ...and yet, a number of us do.
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              • #97
                It's functionally not different from this:



                It just looks scarier.

                I know people who hunt with AR-15s in Ohio. It's not a big deal. It's just a gun. The "military" look is for the fact that that kind of stock and handgrip makes it more comfortable to hold, and makes recoil more manageable. Basically what you're saying is we should ban those guns because God forbid the guns crooks might use could be more ergonomic.

                Something you might not know is that that particular type of gun was actually banned in 1994. The ban expired in 2004, but wasn't renewed because the ban did absolutely nothing to stop crime.

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                • #98
                  Something you might not know is that that particular type of gun was actually banned in 1994. The ban expired in 2004, but wasn't renewed because the ban did absolutely nothing to stop crime.
                  Yeah, banning that gun was probably not that effective - though, considering the use of it could maybe have some influence on this. Try banning some of the more ordinary guns and you'll probably se a drastic drop in killings by guns.
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                  • #99
                    I wish somebody would do a study to correlate penis size with gun size. I'm sure it'd be fascinating.
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                    • I can't help it, I'm part Irish.
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                      • So how is the movie?
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                        • Originally posted by Asher View Post
                          I wish somebody would do a study to correlate penis size with gun size. I'm sure it'd be fascinating.

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                          • Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
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                            By the way, when was the handgun ban created? London's homicide rate hasn't improved that much in the last 20 years, compared with the improvements made in the United States at the same time.

                            From your own link-

                            "Between 2003/04 and 2008/09 the number of annual homicides decreased by 27% from 204 to 148"

                            27% reduction (and steadily falling) not much of an improvement?
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                            • There's a reason that the USA won't be taken over. Private gun ownership outnumbers most countries. I'm OK with that.
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                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                              • Incidentally, the most recent figures I've found for London suggest another fall to 125 homicides in 2010. From 204 to 125 is a reduction of nearly 40%.

                                It's not much of an improvement, is it?
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