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    ZombieTactics
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    • Jan 2010
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    ... "apologies for not knowing the specifics of the gun you own. ...
    Well, I know you aren't deliberately trying to misrepresent anything, and that any such mistakes are born of a general lack of familiarity with the topic. It probably also has something to do with the way the media can sensationalize things.

    What I meant is that if someone is buying that level of heavy weaponry ...
    This is kind of what I am talking about. Nothing in the collection of firearms we've been discussing is "heavy weaponry". There isn't a single technical or governing body who would call them that. Even the United Nations acknowledges these as "small arms". Where did you get the idea that these things are "heavy weaponry"? Maybe it's time to acknowledge that they aren't a credible source for anything regarding this issue, as they just want to use the scariest language possible, even if it means giving out false, inaccurate and misleading information.

    ...within such a short span of time, it's pretty obvious he's planning to kill a lot of people. So a red flag should go up, or at the very least it should be a lot harder and more difficult to acquire that many weapons in such a short span of time. ...
    It obvious he's planning to kill people? As I noted earlier, many people purchase 4 guns or so within a few months time quite regularly. Since none of them seem to be shooting up movie theaters, I think the case can be made that there is nothing scary about this ... buying guns isn't any predictor of behavior, so we'll rationally have to figure something else out if the desire is truly to prevent these kinds of events occurring in the future.

    ... You don't buy an AR-15 a Remington shotgun and 2 glocks cause you, know you gotta go hunt some deer and protect yourself from all those crazy Colorado gangs. You do it to murder people. ...
    Actually people hunt deer and pigs with AR15 rifles; ducks and geese with shotguns ... so it's not crazy for a hunter-type to want one of each. Buying a couple of handguns isn't nuts at all, so I don't know where this notion comes from. I feel like I am beating a dead horse on this point.

    A lot of what you suggest has the advantage of sounding good, but not really doing anything substantive. If you want to make a difference and save lives, let's talk further about what really prevents crime and lowers the possibility of such incidents happening again.
    Last edited by ZombieTactics; 07-23-2012, 7:14 AM.
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