Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts) Sun Jun 28, 2015, 01:19 PM Jun 2015

It's so easy to modify an AR-15...

...that more killers used their hands and feet to kill than to use a rifle to kill, modified or not.

For 2011, rifles (of ALL types) were used in 323 murders; hands and feet in 728 murders.

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It's so easy to modify an AR-15... (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 OP

I can't recall any recent story where someone in the U.S. used a fully automatic rifle in a crime TeddyR Jun 2015 #1

And those crims were the only ones who died. Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #5

You've fallen prey to the typical gun nut conceit Shamash Jun 2015 #2

One at a time, isn't a crime. ileus Jun 2015 #3

At the height of the cocaine war in '80's Miami automatic rifles were rarely used. pablo_marmol Jun 2015 #4

Another shameless self-kick discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #6

TeddyR

(2,493 posts)

1. I can't recall any recent story where someone in the U.S. used a fully automatic rifle in a crime

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 01:35 PM

Jun 2015

The last (and only) event I recall was the North Hollywood bank robbery in 1997, and those criminals used illegally modified rifles.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

5. And those crims were the only ones who died.

Reply to TeddyR (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 05:18 PM

Jun 2015

Shamash

(597 posts)

2. You've fallen prey to the typical gun nut conceit

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 01:37 PM

Jun 2015

Killing someone with hands and feet takes labor, and real Democrats are pro-labor. The manner in which a murder is committed determines whether or not a real Democrat thinks it should be regulated. If it allows a smaller, weaker or outnumbered innocent person to have a reasonable chance to intimidate or prevail against an attacker or attackers, it is probably disallowed.

The general rule is "if you have to break a sweat to kill someone that way, no regulation is necessary" or the easier to remember jingle "one at time, doesn't need to be a crime".