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Media uses false narrative about AR-15 to push gun Control
Examiner.com ^ | Sept 17,2013 | Steven H Ahle

Posted on 09/17/2013 4:03:02 PM PDT by Red Statements

Multiple liberal news outlets use a false narrative of Washington Naval Yard shooter, Aaron Alexis, used an AR-15 in his attacks. Piers Morgan, the New York Daily News, and CNN, among a host of others having been playing up the AR-15 angle in an effort to revive their gun banning laws.

Reliable sources have reported that Alexis had a shotgun and two pistols. it is believed he brought the shotgun and removed the two pistols from his victims. The real question is how could someone with a long history of mental problems get access to such a secure area. That is the same question people mare asking about Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter.

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1 posted on 09/17/2013 4:03:02 PM PDT by Red Statements
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"Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition"


2 posted on 09/17/2013 4:07:59 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Red Statements
why shouldn't this time be any different?...

3 posted on 09/17/2013 4:08:38 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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DHS`s, FBI`s, CIA`s 70,000 agents and 3 billion rounds ain`t worth crap for defending nobody nowhere no time.


4 posted on 09/17/2013 4:08:53 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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To: Diogenesis

5 posted on 09/17/2013 4:12:56 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Red Statements
The number of people murdered with rifles and shotguns is extremely small.

In 2011, according to FBI , there were 321 murders of all kinds committed by rifles was 321 out of about 8775 total from guns of kinds.

Out of that 321 something less than 30 were by AR 15s.

Most gun related murders are by pistols.

Many more people were murdered by knives or by bare hands that by rifles of all kinds and the number of people murdered by AR15 and other “assault rifles” is so small as to be statistically insignificant.

While they are not used in any significant fashion to commit murders, AR15s are a very effective for home and self defense, which is probably the reason the gun grabbers are so hot to ban them

6 posted on 09/17/2013 4:18:23 PM PDT by rdcbn
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the guy had a histpory of a mental health problem

just like the Shooter in Sandy Connecticut

that - how to get real help for those with mental health issues and real security from them for everyone else - is the real issue that needs a modern update, not “gun control”


7 posted on 09/17/2013 4:28:06 PM PDT by Wuli
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And I didn’t hear any retractions. In fact most of the MSM whores alluded to the non-fact that all the guns were purchased at a gun store in Virginia. In fact, they made a point not to describe the shotgun (probably wasn’t a military style assault shotgun).


8 posted on 09/17/2013 4:31:16 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Progressives when they fail blame others and do the same thing again expecting different results)
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To: rdcbn
Oops, bad cell phone editing

The number of people murdered with rifles and shotguns is extremely small.


In 2011, according to FBI , there were 321 murders of all kinds committed by rifles of all kinds. This compares to to a total of about 8775 murders from guns of kinds.

Out of that 321 murders commited with rifles of all kinds, something less than 30 were by AR 15s.

Most gun related murders are by pistols.

Many more people were murdered by knives or by bare hands that by rifles of all kinds and the number of people murdered by AR15 and other “assault rifles” is so small as to be statistically insignificant.

Given the absolutely tens of millions of AR15s in civilian hands, the fact that less than 30 per year are murdered with them speaks extremely well of the law abiding nature of the owners of AR-15s

While they are not used in any significant fashion to commit murders, AR15s are a very effective for home and self defense, which is probably the reason the gun grabbers are so hot to ban them

9 posted on 09/17/2013 4:31:35 PM PDT by rdcbn
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10 posted on 09/17/2013 4:41:12 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Media uses false narrative about AR-15 to push gun Control

They'll have to pry my AK-15 Shotgun from my...oh wait, I guess they can have that...

11 posted on 09/17/2013 4:47:57 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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Waiting to find out what shotgun he had.


12 posted on 09/17/2013 4:48:10 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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“The real question is how could someone with a long history of mental problems get access to such a secure area.”

Why isnt it obvious? He was color coded. Don’t think a white guy would have been given the same pass................................... Just my 2 cent.


13 posted on 09/17/2013 4:49:40 PM PDT by V_TWIN
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On da newz they said it was an 870 with a seven-round capacity that he purchased yesterday.

Not thinking about duck season I’m thinking.


14 posted on 09/17/2013 4:50:12 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Early on I thought I heard a short SxS. He would have needed to pick up spares pretty quick then.

The 870 makes sense, and accounts for the high body count.

What of reports about how he “missed”? Pistol shots?

15 posted on 09/17/2013 4:56:34 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: Red Statements
Wrong gun, wrong color, wrong religion.
The MSM strikes out.
16 posted on 09/17/2013 5:08:32 PM PDT by JPG (Putin Does Obama.)
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Strange the shooter is Amish and most of the victims are non-Amish. Where are Jesse an Al?


17 posted on 09/17/2013 5:14:13 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: MileHi

He must have had a 12ga 30clip magazine ..

:^~


18 posted on 09/17/2013 5:15:12 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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(forgot the /s ... I’m sure I didn’t need one though)...


19 posted on 09/17/2013 5:16:37 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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Hit a cop over the head, instantly supply yourself with a powerful handgun and at least 3 high-cap magazines. Haven't heard the gun-grabbers address that problem. And no, I am not recommending this.
20 posted on 09/17/2013 5:17:23 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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