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For 2 yrs I have been raging against bump stocks. Now that used to kill most ppl possible in Vegas, GOP "thinking" about ban. Lesson here...
...is that most gun control folk didnt even know what bump stocks are. There was no justification for their existence. They - like other....
...accessories designed to transform a gun into a means of easier, faster mass slaughter, have NO connection to 2nd Amend. Attack at the....
...weakest point: Accessories designed to aid in mass killing, like 100 round drums etc. Force @NRA to defend the indefensible with no....
...chance of invoking 2A lies. Gather a coalition. End goal: Decrease ability for mass murder. Then, universal background checks and...
...absolute restrictions on mental patients having guns. Then, push for slaughter guns themselves to be required to be kept at gun shops...
...with shooting ranges. Don't say "you cant have these at all." U will lose. Force them to explain why they need slaughter weapons....
...anywhere other than a shooting range. Understand guns. (A semi-auto handgun with a normal mag is not that much different in timing of...
...firing than a revolver, for example.) It is easy and self-satisfying to say "Ban everything!" Now, shelve that. It will never work.....
...instead, cage the monster, don't kill it. Will this eliminate gun deaths? Of course not. Will it dramatically decrease mass murder? Yes.
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