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To: No One Special; marktwain; Joe Brower; CodeToad; Lazamataz

Effective portable long guns have been around for 600 years. Loaded with multiple heavy shot as a "blunderbuss," they were deadly "assault weapons" of their era, especially when you consider the poor state of medical care for trauma and infection post wounding. The 2nd Amd has been around for 220 years. Multiple-shot handguns are 150 years old. Semi-auto "assault rifles" are 80 years old. Yet there were no maniac massacres to speak of. What has changed is the culture. Dark, nihilistic movies with evil but charismatic "anti-heroes" have only existed in the last 30 or so years. Yet liberals don't want to discuss the smashing of cultural and moral values, only the availability of guns!

2 posted on 07/24/2012 5:01:45 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)

To: Travis McGee

Liberals have never met a tyrant they didn’t love...which is why they are so dangerous.

12 posted on 07/24/2012 6:33:40 PM PDT by CodeToad (History says our end is near.)

To: Travis McGee

Semi-auto "assault rifles" are 80 years old.

What was the first successful self-loading military rifle? Any idea?

14 posted on 07/24/2012 7:33:41 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)

To: Travis McGee

Re your Nazi photos:

17 posted on 07/24/2012 10:53:01 PM PDT by QT3.14 (We live in an era with Smart Phones and Dumb People)

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