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  • BluNorthern
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Mar 2010
    • 10236

    Ramping up the Rhetoric..

    This article in Yahoo today is so full of it! Obvious agenda is obvious just by the articles title.

    "Handgun type used on Sikhs is mass shooting weapon of choice"


    "The semiautomatic handgun used in the deadly attack on a Wisconsin Sikh temple is the same type used in other recent U.S. mass shootings, including one at a theater in Colorado, and the attack on a congresswoman in Arizona, gun experts said.

    Wisconsin shooter Wade Michael Page used a Springfield 9mm semiautomatic handgun to carry out the attack at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, officials said.

    Other recent attacks have also used semiautomatic handguns with high-capacity magazines.

    James Holmes, the man accused of killing 12 people in a shooting spree last month at a theater in Aurora, Colorado, used one .40-caliber Glock handgun and had another one in his car. The weapons were purchased legally within the previous 60 days.

    Jared Loughner, who is accused of killing six people and critically wounding Representative Gabrielle Giffords in a January 2011 attack in Tucson, Arizona, used a Glock 9 mm semiautomatic pistol with a magazine that held more than 30 bullets. He also had legally purchased the gun at a local shop and bought ammunition at Wal-Mart.

    Seung-hui Cho, the Virginia Tech University student who killed 32 people and then committed suicide in 2007, also used a Glock semiautomatic handgun."

    The latest news and headlines from Yahoo News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.



    And of course....jumping on the bandwagon.......

    "Top California Democrats rally around new assault weapons bill"

    A California bill aimed at strengthening the state's assault weapons laws is gaining support from top Democrats in the wake of high-profile shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin.

    "I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."

    Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
  • #2
    neouser
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 1121

    I'm confused? The one used in Wisconsin is a Springfield and the other three are Glocks. Am I missing something?

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    • #3
      robcoe
      Calguns Addict
      • Apr 2010
      • 8685

      Originally posted by neouser
      I'm confused? The one used in Wisconsin is a Springfield and the other three are Glocks. Am I missing something?
      Yes, I am an electrical engineer.
      No, I will not fix your computer.

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      • #4
        Curtis
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2008
        • 1443

        Originally posted by neouser
        I'm confused? The one used in Wisconsin is a Springfield and the other three are Glocks. Am I missing something?
        Yes: "semiautomatic" and "high capacity magazines".

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        • #5
          BluNorthern
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Mar 2010
          • 10236

          Originally posted by neouser
          I'm confused? The one used in Wisconsin is a Springfield and the other three are Glocks. Am I missing something?
          Nope...they are just glossing over the facts, lumping semi-auto pistols into the same evil weapons as their so called 'assault rifles'.

          Read the articles...."high capacity", "This allows the shooter to fire the maximum number of bullets in a short period of time"....the same fear tactics.
          "I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."

          Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.

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          • #6
            neouser
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2012
            • 1121

            Ahhh. Got it. Sorry. I'm a bit of a blonde sometimes. I thought they were implying that the same make was used for all of them.

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            • #7
              duggan
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2011
              • 1821

              Well at least the reporter used "magazines" instead of "clips", we need the journalist's guide to firearms on this one.
              A gun, like any other source of power, is a force for either good or evil, being neither in itself, but dependent upon those who possess it.

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              • #8
                njineermike
                Calguns Addict
                • Dec 2010
                • 9784

                I thought they all used an AK47 like this one:



                These idiots wouldn't know one firearm from another if it was being removed by a proctologist.
                Originally posted by Kestryll
                Dude went full CNN...
                Peace, love, and heavy weapons. Sometimes you have to be insistent." - David Lee Roth

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                • #9
                  joe_gman
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 1225

                  It is amazing to me that the most common type of handgun made (auto-loader) would be the same type used in these horrendous attacks. In other news, gasoline vehicles are the most commonly used vehicle that is involved in traffic accidents and unemployment numbers are higher in areas of our country with the largest populations.
                  Religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. James Madison

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                  • #10
                    Dreaded Claymore
                    Veteran Member
                    • May 2010
                    • 3231

                    Yeah, but look what happens when I edit this:

                    "The semiautomatic handgun used to halt the deadly attack on a Wisconsin Sikh temple is the same type used by the police to end other recent U.S. mass shootings, including one at a theater in Colorado, gun experts said."

                    See what I did there?

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