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'Assault weapons' debate: The folly of Rep. Rosa DeLauro's buyback bill
Fox News ^ | April 30, 2015 | John R Lott Jr

Posted on 04/30/2015 12:32:05 PM PDT by richardb72

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To: Disambiguator

OMG!


21 posted on 04/30/2015 12:56:28 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: ansel12
To quote the 2012 presidential candidate for the GOP, Mitt Romney: “These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”

I've suggested that if Romney had won the election, we'd already have AWB 2.0. The man is an idiot. Not as much of an idiot as Obama, but an idiot, still.

The .223 Remington cartridge, which evolved from the .222 Remington, really was originally designed as a hunting round.

22 posted on 04/30/2015 12:57:10 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: Disambiguator

And here all along I thought that was one of Jeff Dunham’s Dummies.

Imagine my shock when I found out that was a living, breathing thing.


23 posted on 04/30/2015 12:59:03 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: VRWCarea51

She looks like Keith Richards’ long-lost twin sister.


24 posted on 04/30/2015 1:01:54 PM PDT by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))
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To: richardb72
So I could turn in my $700 AR, get a $2000 tax credit and use the $2000 I save on my taxes to buy a much nicer $2000 AR!

I actually like her idea! It's like turning in a Honda to the gov't and getting a tax credit to buy a Mercedes, even-steven! (Too bad her idea defies common sense and arithmetic.)

25 posted on 04/30/2015 1:06:54 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: szweig

She looks like a psychotic, homeless bag lady.


26 posted on 04/30/2015 1:08:49 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: ansel12

“To quote the 2012 presidential candidate for the GOP, Mitt Romney: “These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.”””

Well, a day shooting an AR or Mini-14 is pretty recreational. And even the .223’s have pretty good stopping power for self defense.

I guess the makers just haven’t figured out that I am misusing my assault rifles, which should of course, only be used for “hunting down and killing people.” Perhaps they should require buyers to sign a form promising (1) only to “hunt down and kill people” and not to have any fun doing it and (2) Not to use it in self defense.

That form would at least make the buyers conform to the manufacturer’s real purpose.


27 posted on 04/30/2015 1:12:43 PM PDT by ModelBreaker (')
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To: Disambiguator

Eyewash - Stat!
If I recall correctly, Ms Delaura is married to Clinton pollster, Stan Greenberg.
I attended a CT college function he spoke at some five years ago, and submitted a written question for him to address during QA.
I asked: “Does the end justifies the means to a pollster when they ask loaded questions to a targetted demographic sample, in order to obtain a pre-ordained answer to manipulate public opinion?”
He didn’t screen the question ahead of time, read it out loud, was taken aback, and unabashedly simply said: “Yes”.
His candor floored me, convincing me once and for all, that democrats, particularly smart, elite ones in power, are simply: shameless Bass turds.


28 posted on 04/30/2015 1:30:14 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: szweig

“She looks like Keith Richards’ long-lost twin sister.”

More like Mr Spock who survived a transporter accident. I am sure she would be happier on Vulcan.


29 posted on 04/30/2015 1:31:10 PM PDT by Polynikes (What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
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To: Disambiguator

She’s the poster lady for “would make a freight train take a gravel road.”


30 posted on 04/30/2015 1:31:42 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Sooth2222

No, put $100 with it and buy 3 new AR-15’s.


31 posted on 04/30/2015 1:33:20 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: richardb72

I’m going to have to break out my SCUBA gear. I hear there’s lots and lots of guns at the bottom of the local lakes from all the clumsy boaters.


32 posted on 04/30/2015 1:35:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: ansel12

I can’t hunt anyone down from my wheelchair. But if someone or some gaggle of someones break into my house, they will be met with as much destruction to their persons as I can release through the barrel from as many magazines as I can empty into them. ARs make that work nicely, don’t ya think?


33 posted on 04/30/2015 1:36:06 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: richardb72

2k? Nice! You could pick up a couple of strip AR lowers and make out like a bandit.


34 posted on 04/30/2015 1:36:12 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: Mouton

self defense and for recreation. —

Self defense against the Govt, and Re-creation back to it’s original state.


35 posted on 04/30/2015 1:36:55 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: Disambiguator

She looks like one of the evil characters from a Harry Potter movie. Where would someone find clothing like that, outside of a Hollywood wardrobe facility?


36 posted on 04/30/2015 1:38:41 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: MHGinTN

It is a great rifle, I liked it in the Army and I like it now. To me there is no better rifle for rapidly engaging multiple targets, which for home defense and handling a group, can be invaluable.


37 posted on 04/30/2015 1:39:20 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: Charles Martel

Rosa’s closet probably has moths older than us. She has outfits from her flapper days no doubt.


38 posted on 04/30/2015 1:41:39 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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To: ansel12

Right. And so. ..


39 posted on 04/30/2015 1:44:34 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Noumenon

You have to say something, if you want someone to know why you posted.


40 posted on 04/30/2015 1:45:44 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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