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Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that the suspect had a handgun, an AR-15 assault weapon and high capacity magazines.

dcsports said:
It was a silly question. I think the ability to make any complex firearm using a 3d printer is limited.

This one is too - mass murders are extremely rare, and most involve handguns. 50 (over the past 40 years) involved rifles, with a subset of those involving semi-automatic weapons, including ones that look similar to an assault rifle.

www.statista.com

Guns used in mass shootings U.S. 2024| Statista

Handguns are the most common weapons used in mass shootings in the United States. Other types of guns used in mass shootings include rifles and shotguns.
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What type of gun has been used in those gun massacres in which the most people have been killed?
And you’re the one who brought up the silly sideshow of 3D printers.
 
watsup said:
www.cbsnews.com

At least 19 children, 2 adults killed after shooter opens fire at Texas elementary school

The shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

An assault rifle and high capacity magazines. Weapon and ammo meant for one primary purpose—to kill lots of human beings in a very quick and efficient manner. Gee, where have we heard this story before.
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Oh my, look at all the dog whistling in the title. HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES.....I guess we're lucky they didn't say "clips" this time. Let's hear from the most intelligent Democrat on gun matters...


 
Tigerace117 said:
The PIRA was one of the most successful terrorist groups of the last century, and they had plenty of assault rifles, heavy machine guns, mortars...etc. Yet they still extensively used the Armalite rifles.

List of weapons used by the Provisional Irish Republican Army - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Btw......Northern Ireland’s gun laws are actually LESS restrictive than those of the rest of the UK.
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OK, that's nice. Still, I would bet that 'availability' had more to do than 'preference'. And again, relevance?
 
watsup said:
www.cbsnews.com

At least 19 children, 2 adults killed after shooter opens fire at Texas elementary school

The shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

An assault rifle and high capacity magazines. Weapon and ammo meant for one primary purpose—to kill lots of human beings in a very quick and efficient manner. Gee, where have we heard this story before.
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stop lying there was no assault rifle used and your claims about the use is as dishonest as your claim about the weapon
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Weird that every patrol cop has one of these.
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which means hundreds of government agencies are either

1) wanting their officers to kill lots of people quickly OR

2) understanding that such weapons are ideal for civilian self defense in civilian environments
 
Tigerace117 said:
Again, if the AR-15 wasn’t, at the very MINIMUM, military adjacent......why would the PIRA use it so extensively?
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What a stupid argument. you want to try so hard to justify banning something by smearing it with "military" association
 
Tigerace117 said:
Again, if the AR-15 wasn’t, at the very MINIMUM, military adjacent......why would the PIRA use it so extensively?
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lol. Military adjacent? Throwing in another term?

Because it's one of the most popular styles in the world?
 
Spirit of The Millennium said:
Yes, ban possession of them. Obviously sale of them, but less obviously supply of them as "gifts" from people who have 3D printers.

It would have a positive effect because malicious people who are contemplating a mass shooting will likely not take the risk of trying to buy illegal magazines: they could be buying from a cop. As to 3D printers, they're expensive and we can count on at least some owners to raise a red flag if their friend asks them to print an illegal magazine.

Imagine you're an armed teacher (Texas has them, though not in this little school.) You're in the hallway outside a room where shots are being fired. After ten shots there's a pause, this is the best moment for you to enter, because (3D printers or not) the perpetrator is probably using a standard magazine.

It would help if the states which have banned high capacity magazines had all fixed on the same number of cartridges. Whether that's ten or 12 matters less than it being standardized.
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you want to handicap honest citizens in a violent confrontation with armed criminals .
 
VySky said:
What’s a high capacity magazine?
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whatever the bannerrhoids want to ban at the time. in some bannerhoid minds, a seven round magazine is "high capacity"
 
TurtleDude said:
What a stupid argument. you want to try so hard to justify banning something by smearing it with "military" association
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No, what’s stupid is howling in a fury because you don’t like having to face the facts.

If the weapon wasn’t, at the very least, military adjacent.....why would the PIRA have used it so extensively?

It’s not like they didn’t have plenty of weapons, including all sorts of AKs, as the list shows.

Yet they chose to use the Armalites.

Hmm.....
 
dcsports said:
lol. Military adjacent? Throwing in another term?

Because it's one of the most popular styles in the world?
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Gee bud, and why would it be so popular with the PIRA?

It’s not like they would just take something which didn’t fit a military need because “it’s popular”.
 
Tigerace117 said:
No, what’s stupid is howling in a fury because you don’t like having to face the facts.

If the weapon wasn’t, at the very least, military adjacent.....why would the PIRA have used it so extensively?

It’s not like they didn’t have plenty of weapons, including all sorts of AKs, as the list shows.

Yet they chose to use the Armalites.

Hmm.....
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they might have used bic pens too. BFD. so what is your point-because a terrorist group uses something you want to ban it for honest people?
 
TurtleDude said:
stop lying there was no assault rifle used and your claims about the use is as dishonest as your claim about the weapon
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You are the one being dishonest. The particular weapon used was selected, as it was by other mass murderers, specifically because it could be fired quite rapidly and because it could hold a large magazine. And it worked, too, didn’t it? Are you thoughts and prayers with the two dozen or so innocent kids who were gunned down this time?
 
TurtleDude said:
they might have used bic pens too. BFD. so what is your point-because a terrorist group uses something you want to ban it for honest people?
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Gee bud, if you’ve got any evidence of the great Northern Irish bic smuggling ring let’s see it 🙄

The point is simple — trying to pretend the weapon is not military adjacent at a MINIMUM is utterly foolish.

And “honest people” don’t fantasize about shooting cops over a law they don’t personally agree with.
 
dcsports said:
Per the article you just posted, it was an AR-15, not an assault rifle.
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he doesn't understand the difference or is lying. either way, his argument is a joke
 
watsup said:
How many kids can a person kill very quickly with a 3D printer?
And why do you always make a series of totally ridiculous comments after every mass shooting?
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the idiocy is the howling for gun bans before the dead are identified
 
Cope said:
Hey look!
Goal Posts!
No, not there, over there waaaaay over there.
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No, reality. Assault style weapons are selected by mass murders for a specific reason, that being that they can kill lots of people very quickly and very efficiently. Does that make you proud?
 
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